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Brinkley city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Brinkley city is a Census city of 2,596 people across 5.69 square miles of land, in Monroe County. Median household income is $38,996, 58.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.6 m.
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Brinkley
What Brinkley is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.69 sq mi
- Water area0.46 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land457
- County holding the largest share of its areaMonroe 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.
Brinkley
How many people live in Brinkley
- Population2,596
- Median age49.1
- Population under 18513 plus or minus 159
- Share under 1819.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over648 plus or minus 169
- Share 65 and over25.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Households1,202
- Family households585 plus or minus 121
- Share of households that are families48.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brinkley
Income and work in Brinkley
- Median household income$38,996
- Per capita income$24,793
- Civilian labor force1,138
- Employed948
- Unemployed190 plus or minus 77
- Unemployment rate16.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over1,894
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.0 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brinkley
Housing in Brinkley
- Housing units1,580
- Occupied units1,202
- Vacant units378 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate23.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied708 plus or minus 149
- Renter occupied494 plus or minus 171
- Ownership rate58.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$608
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units1,133
- Share single family71.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more314 plus or minus 125
- Share in buildings of two or more19.9 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes133 plus or minus 61
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brinkley
How Brinkley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute922
- Commuting under 15 minutes286 plus or minus 107
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more407 plus or minus 156
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.1 percent plus or minus 15.5
- Drove alone90.1 percent
- Carpooled3.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Worked from home2.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brinkley
SBA 7(a) lending to Brinkley borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$9,554,000
- Average approval$2,388,500
- Median approval$3,239,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval15.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term168 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Monroe County, not Brinkley
Monroe County context, not Brinkley figures
These are Monroe County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brinkley measurements.
- Establishments in Monroe County170
- Employment at those establishments, Monroe County1,245
- Covered employment, Monroe County1,761
- Average annual pay, Monroe County$41,633
- Average weekly wage, Monroe County$801
- Housing units permitted, Monroe County0
- Of those, single family, Monroe County0
- County product, 2024, Monroe County$264,531,000
- County product change over the prior year, Monroe County-7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Monroe County$29,784
Every figure in this section is published for Monroe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brinkley. 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
Brinkley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brinkley, Arkansas?
2,596, in 1,202 households. Brinkley city covers 5.69 square miles of land, which is 457 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brinkley in?
Monroe 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 Brinkley?
$38,996. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,000. Median gross rent is $608 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brinkley businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $9.6 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $3,239,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brinkley, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brinkley borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brinkley. 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 Brinkley figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Monroe 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 Brinkley.
Is zoning published for Brinkley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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