ZIP 72040 · Des Arc
Who lives in ZIP code 72040 (Des Arc, AR): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Des Arc, AR · Prairie County
uszips 2026
People2,421
Median age52.7
Household income$32,476
Home value—
Median rent$528/mo
Poverty17.9%
College degree+10.8%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 5 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,054
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
29.4% are 65 or older; 86.4% are adults.
Household income
23.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $23,719.
Education (adults 25+)
39.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 41.2%
- Never married
- 22.8%
- Divorced
- 19.5%
- Widowed
- 16.5%
- Family size
- 3.16
- Dual-income families
- 48.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 64.8%
- Rent burden
- 24.0%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 42.6%
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
- Self-employed
- 15.4%
- Farmers
- 5.8%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 11.5%
- Veterans
- 5.0%
- With a disability
- 24.3%
- No health insurance
- 8.5%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.