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Barling city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Barling city is a Census city of 5,007 people across 10.27 square miles of land, in Sebastian County. Median household income is $54,387, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $767,000.
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Barling
What Barling is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.27 sq mi
- Water area0.41 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land488
- County holding the largest share of its areaSebastian 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.
Barling
How many people live in Barling
- Population5,007
- Median age42.5
- Population under 18916 plus or minus 205
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over990 plus or minus 228
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households2,171
- Family households1,258
- Share of households that are families57.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barling
Income and work in Barling
- Median household income$54,387
- Per capita income$28,258
- Civilian labor force2,574
- Employed2,527
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 61
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,496
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.1 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barling
Housing in Barling
- Housing units2,584
- Occupied units2,171
- Vacant units413 plus or minus 188
- Vacancy rate16.0 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied1,571
- Renter occupied600 plus or minus 180
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$140,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,128
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.9 percent
- Single family units1,996
- Share single family77.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more381 plus or minus 144
- Share in buildings of two or more14.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes207 plus or minus 148
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barling
How Barling gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,268
- Commuting under 15 minutes783 plus or minus 315
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.5 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more278 plus or minus 186
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone86.0 percent
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barling
SBA loans in Barling (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$767,000
- Average approval$255,667
- Median approval$282,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$435,000
- Largest approval$435,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Sebastian County, not Barling
Sebastian County context, not Barling figures
These are Sebastian County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Barling measurements.
- Establishments in Sebastian County3,398
- Employment at those establishments, Sebastian County60,727
- Covered employment, Sebastian County67,665
- Average annual pay, Sebastian County$55,173
- Average weekly wage, Sebastian County$1,061
- Housing units permitted, Sebastian County385
- Of those, single family, Sebastian County234
- County product, 2024, Sebastian County$9,255,242,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sebastian County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sebastian County$47,340
Every figure in this section is published for Sebastian County as a whole and is not a measurement of Barling. 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
Barling questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Barling, Arkansas?
5,007, in 2,171 households. Barling city covers 10.27 square miles of land, which is 488 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Barling in?
Sebastian 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 Barling?
$54,387. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $140,000. Median gross rent is $1,128 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Barling businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $767,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $282,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Barling, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Barling borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Barling. only 2 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 Barling figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sebastian 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 Barling.
Is zoning published for Barling?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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