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Corning city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Corning city is a Census city of 3,134 people across 3.67 square miles of land, in Clay County. Median household income is $50,408, 73.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $520,000.
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Corning
What Corning is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.67 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land854
- County holding the largest share of its areaClay County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corning
How many people live in Corning
- Population3,134
- Median age42.2
- Population under 18654 plus or minus 146
- Share under 1820.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over758 plus or minus 207
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Households1,353
- Family households851
- Share of households that are families62.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corning
Income and work in Corning
- Median household income$50,408 plus or minus $13,249
- Per capita income$29,407
- Civilian labor force1,509
- Employed1,477
- Unemployed32 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over2,378
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corning
Housing in Corning
- Housing units1,609
- Occupied units1,353
- Vacant units256 plus or minus 126
- Vacancy rate15.9 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied998
- Renter occupied355 plus or minus 112
- Ownership rate73.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$89,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$704
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units1,495
- Share single family92.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more114 plus or minus 65
- Share in buildings of two or more7.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corning
How Corning gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,334
- Commuting under 15 minutes685 plus or minus 192
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.3 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more542 plus or minus 169
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.6 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Drove alone84.5 percent
- Carpooled10.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corning
SBA 7(a) lending to Corning borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$520,000
- Average approval$130,000
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$225,000
- Largest approval$225,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval2.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clay County, not Corning
Clay County context, not Corning figures
These are Clay County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Corning measurements.
- Establishments in Clay County278
- Employment at those establishments, Clay County2,374
- Covered employment, Clay County3,120
- Average annual pay, Clay County$42,107
- Average weekly wage, Clay County$810
- Housing units permitted, Clay County10
- Of those, single family, Clay County10
- County product, 2024, Clay County$476,279,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clay County-2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clay County$40,997
Every figure in this section is published for Clay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Corning. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Corning questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Corning, Arkansas?
3,134, in 1,353 households. Corning city covers 3.67 square miles of land, which is 854 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Corning in?
Clay County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Corning?
$50,408. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $89,500. Median gross rent is $704 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Corning businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $520,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Corning, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Corning borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Corning. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Corning figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clay County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Corning.
Is zoning published for Corning?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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