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Place dossier plate
SheetAR-WILLISVILLE-AR · Willisville, AR 267 pop · income 19th pct
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 Willisville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Willisville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Russell · lowest
22,361
Russell · lowest
22,361 median HH income
21.3% of the leader · rank #1
Lemon Hill · near
49,441
Lemon Hill · near
49,441 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #2
Willisville · this city
49,448
Willisville · this city
49,448 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #3
Ladonia · near
49,451
Ladonia · near
49,451 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #4
Beech Grove · near
49,452
Beech Grove · near
49,452 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #5
Powhatan Point · near
49,453
Powhatan Point · near
49,453 median HH income
47.2% of the leader · rank #6
Tilghmanton · highest
104,778
Tilghmanton · highest
104,778 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Willisville on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 267.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Willisville lands in the 19th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
19th
percentile, household income
3rd
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Willisville, AR
Willisville is a small town in Arkansas, home to 267 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $49,448 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 46.2 years. 18.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: the state registers 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $944 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arkansas run around $210, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 31.8 minutes, with 55.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Willisville'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 population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Willisville, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Willisville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -4 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.7% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Willisville?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 55.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 31.8 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Willisville?
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Russell (265 residents, $22,361 income); Pleasant Plains (263 residents, $57,143 income); Summers (271 residents, $63,352 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sasser, GA (267 residents); Verona, IL (267 residents); Stilesville, IN (267 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.
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.
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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 F
18.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$49,448
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Willisville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 28/100 (F) · 18.0%
Household income: 20/100 (F) · $49,448
How does Willisville compare to other US cities?
Willisville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income19% higher than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Willisville 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 Willisville near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Willisville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Willisville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#227 of 495
54th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#467 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#165 of 524
68th 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
19th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$49,448Willisville, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Willisville, 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 Willisville, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
267
Median Income
$49,448
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
46.2
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
57.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Willisville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
150 residents
2021
150 residents
2022
150 residents
2023
148 residents
2024
148 residents
2025
146 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
31.8 minutes
Drive Alone
55.0%
Carpool
45.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 131 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 Willisville. 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 Willisville 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 Willisville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Willisville 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, 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.