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West Memphis city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
West Memphis city is a Census city of 23,929 people across 29.83 square miles of land, in Crittenden County. Median household income is $42,674, 46.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.5 m.
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West Memphis
What West Memphis is
- Census place typecity
- Land area29.83 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land802
- County holding the largest share of its areaCrittenden 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.
West Memphis
How many people live in West Memphis
- Population23,929
- Median age34.1
- Population under 186,416
- Share under 1826.8 percent
- Population 65 and over3,648
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households9,376
- Family households6,082
- Share of households that are families64.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Memphis
Income and work in West Memphis
- Median household income$42,674
- Per capita income$21,339
- Civilian labor force10,505
- Employed8,979
- Unemployed1,526 plus or minus 389
- Unemployment rate14.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over15,284
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Memphis
Housing in West Memphis
- Housing units11,152
- Occupied units9,376
- Vacant units1,776 plus or minus 360
- Vacancy rate15.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied4,320
- Renter occupied5,056
- Ownership rate46.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$120,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$870
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent
- Single family units7,678
- Share single family68.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,266
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent
- Mobile homes198 plus or minus 81
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Memphis
How West Memphis gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,078
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,904
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,409
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.8 percent
- Drove alone74.8 percent
- Carpooled16.7 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Memphis
SBA loans in West Memphis (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$9,518,000
- Average approval$1,189,750
- Median approval$1,050,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,130,000
- Largest approval$3,130,000
- Jobs supported97
- Jobs per approval12.1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more62.5 percent
- Share to franchises37.5 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Crittenden County, not West Memphis
Crittenden County context, not West Memphis figures
These are Crittenden County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Memphis measurements.
- Establishments in Crittenden County844
- Employment at those establishments, Crittenden County14,122
- Covered employment, Crittenden County16,197
- Average annual pay, Crittenden County$47,790
- Average weekly wage, Crittenden County$919
- Housing units permitted, Crittenden County69
- Of those, single family, Crittenden County69
- County product, 2024, Crittenden County$2,344,857,000
- County product change over the prior year, Crittenden County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Crittenden County$37,012
Every figure in this section is published for Crittenden County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Memphis. 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
West Memphis questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Memphis, Arkansas?
23,929, in 9,376 households. West Memphis city covers 29.83 square miles of land, which is 802 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Memphis in?
Crittenden 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 West Memphis?
$42,674. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $120,100. Median gross rent is $870 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Memphis businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $9.5 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $1,050,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Memphis, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Memphis borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Memphis. only 0 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 West Memphis figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Crittenden 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 West Memphis.
Is zoning published for West Memphis?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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