Parkdale, AR · standard
ZIP Code 71661
Ashley County, Arkansas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 450
- 2/sq mi
- $28,750
- Median income
- 0.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Parkdale pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 2nd pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 96%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 71661 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 71661 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Parkdale, Ashley County, Arkansas, home to just 450 residents across 250.0 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 71661 sits on the lower end of the income spectrum: median household income is $28,750 (49% below the average Arkansas ZIP), while per-capita income is $9,574. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 0.0% and unemployment is 0.0%. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 24.9, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Ashley County, so 71661 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 71661, Parkdale, AR · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
450
Population
250.0
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 71661?
24.9
Median Age
47.3%
Male
52.7%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$28,750
Median Household Income
-49% vs state ZIP avg
$9,574
Per Capita Income
0.0%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
59housing units
59
Total Housing Units
24
Occupied Units
35
Vacant Units
4.58
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1960
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 71661 vs 71676 →
ZIP 71661 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 71663
Portland (71663)
732 residents
- 71676
Wilmot (71676)
684 residents
- 71661
Parkdale (71661)
450 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 71661 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 71661 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 71663
Portland (71663)
$37,150 median income
- 71661
Parkdale (71661)
$28,750 median income
- 71676
Wilmot (71676)
$26,184 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 71661 ranks #2 of 3 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 71661, both outside AR so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.