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Little Rock city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Little Rock city is a Census city of 203,436 people across 121.24 square miles of land, in Pulaski County. Median household income is $63,003, 53.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 192 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $113.3 m.
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Little Rock
What Little Rock is
- Census place typecity
- Land area121.24 sq mi
- Water area2.96 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,678
- County holding the largest share of its areaPulaski 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.
Little Rock
How many people live in Little Rock
- Population203,436
- Median age35.9
- Population under 1849,498
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over31,836
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent
- Households87,858
- Family households48,072
- Share of households that are families54.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Rock
Income and work in Little Rock
- Median household income$63,003
- Per capita income$43,712
- Civilian labor force100,585
- Employed96,510
- Unemployed4,075
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over134,913
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Rock
Housing in Little Rock
- Housing units99,643
- Occupied units87,858
- Vacant units11,785
- Vacancy rate11.8 percent
- Owner occupied47,046
- Renter occupied40,812
- Ownership rate53.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$236,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,106
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent
- Single family units61,397
- Share single family61.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36,047
- Share in buildings of two or more36.2 percent
- Mobile homes2,199
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Rock
How Little Rock gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute83,359
- Commuting under 15 minutes29,511
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more12,954
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.5 percent
- Drove alone75.8 percent
- Carpooled8.6 percent
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home12.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Rock
SBA loans in Little Rock (7(a))
- Approvals192
- Gross approval$113,319,000
- Average approval$590,203
- Median approval$175,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,517,300
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,151
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome44
- Paid in full43
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.2 percent
- Share to franchises16.1 percent
- Distinct lenders50
- Distinct industries by NAICS95
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Little Rock
SBA loans in Little Rock (504)
- Approvals34
- Gross approval$30,464,000
- Average approval$896,000
- Median approval$603,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported495
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans6.7 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pulaski County, not Little Rock
Pulaski County context, not Little Rock figures
These are Pulaski County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Little Rock measurements.
- Establishments in Pulaski County12,185
- Employment at those establishments, Pulaski County235,849
- Covered employment, Pulaski County261,631
- Average annual pay, Pulaski County$63,505
- Average weekly wage, Pulaski County$1,221
- Housing units permitted, Pulaski County1,009
- Of those, single family, Pulaski County967
- County product, 2024, Pulaski County$41,430,418,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pulaski County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pulaski County$57,149
Every figure in this section is published for Pulaski County as a whole and is not a measurement of Little 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
Little Rock questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Little Rock, Arkansas?
203,436, in 87,858 households. Little Rock city covers 121.24 square miles of land, which is 1,678 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Little Rock in?
Pulaski 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 Little Rock?
$63,003. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $236,400. Median gross rent is $1,106 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Little Rock businesses?
192 7(a) approvals totalling $113.3 m, across 50 lenders, median approval $175,500, plus 34 504 approvals worth $30.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Little Rock, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Little Rock borrowers get paid back?
Of the 44 loans that have reached a final outcome, 43 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 2.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Little Rock figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pulaski 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 Little Rock.
Is zoning published for Little Rock?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.