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Place dossier plate
SheetAR-CONWAY-AR · Conway, AR 66,288 pop · income 33rd pct · 28 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Conway
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Conway on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
North Little… · lowest
51,236
North Little… · lowest
51,236 median HH income
22.5% of the leader · rank #1
Pleasant Vall… · near
58,456
Pleasant Vall… · near
58,456 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #2
Eagle Grove · near
58,458
Eagle Grove · near
58,458 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #3
Conway · this city
58,461
Conway · this city
58,461 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #4
Maysville · near
58,462
Maysville · near
58,462 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #5
Milbank · near
58,462
Milbank · near
58,462 median HH income
25.7% of the leader · rank #6
Sammamish · highest
227,273
Sammamish · highest
227,273 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Conway on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 66,288.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Conway - the verdict
Conway ranks in the 33rd percentile for household income and the 21st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
33rd
percentile, household income
52nd
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
21st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Conway, AR
Conway is a small city in Arkansas, home to 66,288 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $58,461 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.8%. Conway's housing stock carries a median value of $234,600, and the median resident age is 29.6 years. About 41.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 627 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 89% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2570.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 60.0°F with 51.2 inches of precipitation per year and 2.3 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Arkansas at 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $944 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arkansas's average monthly utility costs around $210 (state average). The average commute for Conway workers runs 20.8 minutes, with 81.6% driving alone and 8.2% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Conway's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to reported crime to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to schools and households to population change to housing and income to climate and hazard context; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Conway, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Conway?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.8 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Conway?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2570.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 13% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
PlainCities matches 28 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Conway?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are North Little Rock (64,504 residents, $51,236 income); Rogers (71,411 residents, $82,993 income); Bentonville (56,326 residents, $108,465 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oshkosh, WI (66,247 residents); Novi, MI (66,224 residents); Alpharetta, GA (66,355 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Conway?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 17 public schools within the city match. 41.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
11.8%
Bachelor's degree+
41.1%
Matched public schools
17
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +7,971 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 627 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
64,357
2025 estimate
72,328
Period change
+12.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Conway?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.0×
Home value
$234,600
Household income
$58,461
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 60.0°F, with 51.2 inches of precipitation and 2.3 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Arkansas is 55.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
55.5
Annual precipitation
51.2 in
Mean temperature
60.0°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Below median income · poverty 11.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
86.9 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average
D
City profile score · Conway, AR
48/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$58,461
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
524 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Conway profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 41.1%
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.8%
Household income: 32/100 (F) · $58,461
Violent crime: 14/100 (F) · 524 /100k
Where Conway sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Conway's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Conway highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Conway, AR (this city): home $234,600, crime 2,571/100k
Oshkosh, WI : home $168,400, crime 1,684/100k
Novi, MI : home $399,100, crime 755/100k
Alpharetta, GA : home $605,700, crime 1,401/100k
Queen Creek, AZ : home $576,600, crime 941/100k
Sammamish, WA : home $1,240,300, crime 567/100k
North Little Rock, AR : home $169,500, crime 5,493/100k
Rogers, AR : home $278,000, crime 1,616/100k
Bentonville, AR : home $370,700, crime 1,083/100k
Jonesboro, AR : home $213,400, crime 3,765/100k
Springdale, AR : home $237,200, crime 2,412/100k
Fort Smith, AR : home $168,100, crime 4,527/100k
How does Conway compare to other US cities?
Where Conway sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income33% higher than other cities
Home value52% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
Safety21% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Arkansas, Conway ranks #115 of 160 Arkansas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Conway against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Conway near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Conway ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Conway only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#157 of 495
68th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#30 of 482
94th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#293 of 524
44th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#17 of 524
97th percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
33rd percentile nationally for median household income · 21st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Conway's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Conway's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Conway's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$234,60048th percentilemore affordable than 48% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Conway's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,744 of 15,516
More affordable than 31% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#307 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 4.0×, Conway sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,744 of 15,516 and #307 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$58,461Conway, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Conway, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Conway, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
66,288
Median Income
$58,461
Median Home Value
$234,600
Median Age
29.6
Poverty Rate
11.8%
Labor force participation
61.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2570.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
523.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2047.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
60.0°F
Annual Precipitation
51.2"
Annual Snowfall
2.3"
Schools
Total Schools
17
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Conway's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
64,357 residents
2021
65,951 residents
2022
67,692 residents
2023
69,619 residents
2024
71,123 residents
2025
72,328 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
627
housing units authorized
Single-Family
156
detached homes
Multifamily
471
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
332
213
119
$53.8M
2020
782
348
434
$108.2M
2021
829
568
261
$111.7M
2022
982
266
716
$96.4M
2023
490
226
264
$86.0M
2024
627
156
471
$88.8M
Permit volume increased 89% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
20.8 minutes
Drive Alone
81.6%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
8.2%
Other
1.4%
Based on 32,495 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Conway. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Conway is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Conway sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Conway compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.