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Hughes, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Hughes is a Census city of 886 people across 2.26 square miles of land, in St. Francis County. Median household income is $43,250, 61.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Hughes
What Hughes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.26 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land391 plus or minus 109
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Francis 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.
Hughes
How many people live in Hughes
- Population886 plus or minus 246
- Median age57.0
- Population under 18146 plus or minus 71
- Share under 1816.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over272 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over30.7 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households379 plus or minus 89
- Family households195 plus or minus 64
- Share of households that are families51.5 percent plus or minus 11.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hughes
Income and work in Hughes
- Median household income$43,250 plus or minus $14,723
- Per capita income$23,776 plus or minus $5,662
- Civilian labor force366 plus or minus 130
- Employed313 plus or minus 114
- Unemployed53 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate14.5 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Adults 25 and over673 plus or minus 183
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.1 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.8 percent plus or minus 10.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hughes
Housing in Hughes
- Housing units427 plus or minus 90
- Occupied units379 plus or minus 89
- Vacant units48 plus or minus 29
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied233 plus or minus 70
- Renter occupied146 plus or minus 58
- Ownership rate61.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$69,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$389 plus or minus $124
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Single family units275 plus or minus 75
- Share single family64.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more127 plus or minus 59
- Share in buildings of two or more29.7 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hughes
How Hughes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute308 plus or minus 113
- Commuting under 15 minutes77 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.0 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more220 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more71.4 percent plus or minus 17.3
- Drove alone88.5 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home1.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hughes
Flood risk in Hughes
- NFIP communityCity of Hughes
- NFIP community number050188
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/18/05(M)
The City of Hughes participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 050188 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Francis County, not Hughes
St. Francis County context, not Hughes figures
- Establishments in St. Francis County404
- Covered employment, St. Francis County6,723
- Average annual pay, St. Francis County$48,570
- Housing units permitted, St. Francis County3
Every figure in this section is published for St. Francis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hughes.
All St. Francis 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
Hughes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hughes, Arkansas?
886, in 379 households. Hughes city covers 2.26 square miles of land, which is 391 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hughes in?
St. Francis 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 Hughes?
$43,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $69,800. Median gross rent is $389 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Hughes in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Hughes appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Hughes, city of, community 050188, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. 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 Hughes figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Francis 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 Hughes.
Is zoning published for Hughes?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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