ZIP 71953 · Mena
Who lives in ZIP code 71953 (Mena, AR): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Mena, AR · Polk County
uszips 2026
People13,415
Median age47.8
Household income$51,969
Home value$168,536
Median rent$699/mo
Poverty12.9%
College degree+20.1%
Commute18 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 8 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,620
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.5% are 65 or older; 80.1% are adults.
Household income
22.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $30,372.
Education (adults 25+)
35.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 57.0%
- Never married
- 20.3%
- Divorced
- 12.7%
- Widowed
- 10.0%
- Family size
- 3.07
- Dual-income families
- 45.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 80.8%
- Rent burden
- 24.3%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 53.0%
- Unemployment
- 7.6%
- Self-employed
- 17.2%
- Farmers
- 8.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 12.7%
- Veterans
- 9.0%
- With a disability
- 22.9%
- No health insurance
- 8.7%
- Limited English
- 0.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.