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Newark city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Newark city is a Census city of 1,637 people across 1.64 square miles of land, in Independence County. Median household income is $40,417, 52.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Newark
What Newark is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.64 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land995 plus or minus 325
- County holding the largest share of its areaIndependence 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.
Newark
How many people live in Newark
- Population1,637 plus or minus 534
- Median age32.0
- Population under 18445 plus or minus 178
- Share under 1827.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over241 plus or minus 93
- Share 65 and over14.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households637 plus or minus 180
- Family households368 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newark
Income and work in Newark
- Median household income$40,417 plus or minus $11,789
- Per capita income$22,325 plus or minus $5,327
- Civilian labor force676 plus or minus 188
- Employed652 plus or minus 178
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over1,019 plus or minus 323
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.7 percent plus or minus 28.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.0 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newark
Housing in Newark
- Housing units676 plus or minus 185
- Occupied units637 plus or minus 180
- Vacant units39 plus or minus 33
- Vacancy rate5.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied336 plus or minus 119
- Renter occupied301 plus or minus 111
- Ownership rate52.7 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,300 plus or minus $22,862
- Median gross rent, monthly$662 plus or minus $212
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Single family units383 plus or minus 121
- Share single family56.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more158 plus or minus 91
- Share in buildings of two or more23.4 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Mobile homes135 plus or minus 64
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newark
How Newark gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute642 plus or minus 176
- Commuting under 15 minutes146 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.7 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more173 plus or minus 70
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone84.7 percent
- Carpooled14.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Newark
SBA 7(a) lending to Newark borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,720,000
- Average approval$3,720,000
- Median approval$3,720,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,720,000
- Largest approval$3,720,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Independence County, not Newark
Independence County context, not Newark figures
These are Independence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Newark measurements.
- Establishments in Independence County810
- Employment at those establishments, Independence County16,206
- Covered employment, Independence County17,612
- Average annual pay, Independence County$48,642
- Average weekly wage, Independence County$935
- Housing units permitted, Independence County32
- Of those, single family, Independence County6
- County product, 2024, Independence County$2,636,340,000
- County product change over the prior year, Independence County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Independence County$57,012
Every figure in this section is published for Independence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Newark. 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
Newark questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Newark, Arkansas?
1,637, in 637 households. Newark city covers 1.64 square miles of land, which is 995 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Newark in?
Independence 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 Newark?
$40,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,300. Median gross rent is $662 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Newark businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,720,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Newark, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Newark borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Newark. 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 Newark figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Independence 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 Newark.
Is zoning published for Newark?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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