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Blytheville, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Blytheville is a Census city of 12,790 people across 20.74 square miles of land, in Mississippi County. Median household income is $47,865, 50.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.7 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Blytheville
What Blytheville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.74 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land617
- County holding the largest share of its areaMississippi 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.
Blytheville
How many people live in Blytheville
- Population12,790
- Median age42.3
- Population under 183,261
- Share under 1825.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,302
- Share 65 and over18.0 percent
- Households5,792
- Family households3,354
- Share of households that are families57.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blytheville
Income and work in Blytheville
- Median household income$47,865
- Per capita income$28,970
- Civilian labor force6,198
- Employed5,628
- Unemployed570 plus or minus 226
- Unemployment rate9.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over8,641
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blytheville
Housing in Blytheville
- Housing units7,294
- Occupied units5,792
- Vacant units1,502
- Vacancy rate20.6 percent
- Owner occupied2,914
- Renter occupied2,878
- Ownership rate50.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$119,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$855
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.4 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units4,942
- Share single family67.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,279 plus or minus 513
- Share in buildings of two or more31.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes73 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blytheville
How Blytheville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,420
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,058
- Share commuting under 15 minutes56.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more733 plus or minus 264
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone81.1 percent
- Carpooled11.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blytheville
SBA loans in Blytheville (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$2,709,000
- Average approval$903,000
- Median approval$371,000
- Largest approval$2,238,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Blytheville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Blytheville
Flood risk in Blytheville
- NFIP communityCity of Blytheville
- NFIP community number050140
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 9
- Currently effective map date06/18/10(M)
The City of Blytheville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 050140 and carries Community Rating System class 9, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Mississippi County, not Blytheville
Mississippi County context, not Blytheville figures
- Establishments in Mississippi County737
- Covered employment, Mississippi County20,139
- Average annual pay, Mississippi County$72,605
- Housing units permitted, Mississippi County66
Every figure in this section is published for Mississippi County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blytheville.
All Mississippi County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Blytheville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blytheville, Arkansas?
12,790, in 5,792 households. Blytheville city covers 20.74 square miles of land, which is 617 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blytheville in?
Mississippi 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 Blytheville?
$47,865. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $119,000. 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 Blytheville businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $2.7 m since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $371,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Blytheville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Blytheville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Blytheville. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Blytheville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Blytheville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Blytheville, city of, community 050140, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Blytheville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mississippi 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 Blytheville.
Is zoning published for Blytheville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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