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Southside city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Southside city is a Census city of 4,246 people across 9.86 square miles of land, in Independence County. Median household income is $65,655, 65.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $98,900.
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Southside
What Southside is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land431
- 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.
Southside
How many people live in Southside
- Population4,246
- Median age37.5
- Population under 181,275 plus or minus 316
- Share under 1830.0 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over674 plus or minus 168
- Share 65 and over15.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households1,475
- Family households1,095
- Share of households that are families74.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southside
Income and work in Southside
- Median household income$65,655 plus or minus $15,020
- Per capita income$26,291
- Civilian labor force1,854
- Employed1,753
- Unemployed101 plus or minus 72
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over2,726
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southside
Housing in Southside
- Housing units1,533
- Occupied units1,475
- Vacant units58 plus or minus 68
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied970
- Renter occupied505 plus or minus 162
- Ownership rate65.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$151,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$843
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units1,159
- Share single family75.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more183 plus or minus 95
- Share in buildings of two or more11.9 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes191 plus or minus 99
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southside
How Southside gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,647
- Commuting under 15 minutes666 plus or minus 184
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.4 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more180 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more10.9 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone78.4 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Worked from home5.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southside
SBA loans in Southside (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$98,900
- Average approval$98,900
- Median approval$98,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$98,900
- Largest approval$98,900
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term51 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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 Southside
Independence County context, not Southside 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 Southside 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 Southside. 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
Southside questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Southside, Arkansas?
4,246, in 1,475 households. Southside city covers 9.86 square miles of land, which is 431 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Southside 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 Southside?
$65,655. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $151,300. Median gross rent is $843 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Southside businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $98,900, across 1 lenders, median approval $98,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southside, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Southside borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Southside. only 1 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 Southside 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 Southside.
Is zoning published for Southside?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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