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Black Rock city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Black Rock city is a Census city of 853 people across 3.29 square miles of land, in Lawrence County. Median household income is $52,019, 80.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Black Rock
What Black Rock is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.29 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land260 plus or minus 69
- County holding the largest share of its areaLawrence 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.
Black Rock
How many people live in Black Rock
- Population853 plus or minus 228
- Median age39.5 plus or minus 8.8
- Population under 18285 plus or minus 78
- Share under 1833.4 percent
- Population 65 and over107 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over12.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households325 plus or minus 82
- Family households228 plus or minus 74
- Share of households that are families70.2 percent plus or minus 14.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Black Rock
- Median household income$52,019 plus or minus $16,243
- Per capita income$26,841 plus or minus $12,150
- Civilian labor force294 plus or minus 90
- Employed263 plus or minus 87
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 29
- Unemployment rate10.5 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Adults 25 and over537 plus or minus 130
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.7 percent plus or minus 28.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Black Rock
- Housing units391 plus or minus 90
- Occupied units325 plus or minus 82
- Vacant units66 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate16.9 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied260 plus or minus 76
- Renter occupied65 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate80.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$68,700 plus or minus $49,385
- Median gross rent, monthly$855 plus or minus $201
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Single family units319 plus or minus 79
- Share single family81.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more22 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more5.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes50 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Black Rock gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute250 plus or minus 82
- Commuting under 15 minutes43 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more93 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.2 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Drove alone55.9 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Carpooled39.2 percent plus or minus 18.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Black Rock
SBA loans in Black Rock (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,875,000
- Average approval$1,875,000
- Median approval$1,875,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,875,000
- Largest approval$1,875,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- 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 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.
Lawrence County, not Black Rock
Lawrence County context, not Black Rock figures
These are Lawrence County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Black Rock measurements.
- Establishments in Lawrence County284
- Employment at those establishments, Lawrence County3,289
- Covered employment, Lawrence County3,983
- Average annual pay, Lawrence County$43,366
- Average weekly wage, Lawrence County$834
- Housing units permitted, Lawrence County75
- Of those, single family, Lawrence County55
- County product, 2024, Lawrence County$559,367,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lawrence County-4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lawrence County$44,876
Every figure in this section is published for Lawrence County as a whole and is not a measurement of Black Rock. 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
Black Rock questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Black Rock, Arkansas?
853, in 325 households. Black Rock city covers 3.29 square miles of land, which is 260 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Black Rock in?
Lawrence 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 Black Rock?
$52,019. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $68,700. Median gross rent is $855 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Black Rock businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,875,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Black Rock, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Black Rock borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Black Rock. 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 Black Rock figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lawrence 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 Black Rock.
Is zoning published for Black Rock?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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