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Damascus town, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Damascus town is a Census town of 348 people across 1.86 square miles of land, lying across Van Buren County and Faulkner County. Median household income is $57,500, 69.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $400,300.
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Damascus
What Damascus is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land187 plus or minus 52
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Buren County, 60.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inVan Buren County 60.1 percent, Faulkner County 39.9 percent
Damascus town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How many people live in Damascus
- Population348 plus or minus 96
- Median age44.3
- Population under 1877 plus or minus 30
- Share under 1822.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over76 plus or minus 28
- Share 65 and over21.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households132 plus or minus 37
- Family households94 plus or minus 30
- Share of households that are families71.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Income and work in Damascus
- Median household income$57,500 plus or minus $29,502
- Per capita income$26,280
- Civilian labor force124 plus or minus 44
- Employed121 plus or minus 43
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over245 plus or minus 67
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.5 percent plus or minus 34.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.9 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Housing in Damascus
- Housing units146 plus or minus 37
- Occupied units132 plus or minus 37
- Vacant units14 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate9.6 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Owner occupied92 plus or minus 29
- Renter occupied40 plus or minus 23
- Ownership rate69.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$165,000 plus or minus $38,133
- Median gross rent, monthly$800 plus or minus $326
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units115 plus or minus 35
- Share single family78.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more11.6 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How Damascus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute104 plus or minus 42
- Commuting under 15 minutes36 plus or minus 20
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.6 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more43 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.3 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Drove alone73.9 percent plus or minus 19.8
- Carpooled10.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home12.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
SBA loans in Damascus (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$400,300
- Average approval$57,186
- Median approval$40,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$227,000
- Largest approval$227,000
- Jobs supported17
- Jobs per approval2.4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Van Buren County, not Damascus
Van Buren County context, not Damascus figures
These are Van Buren County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Damascus measurements.
- Establishments in Van Buren County319
- Employment at those establishments, Van Buren County3,279
- Covered employment, Van Buren County3,804
- Average annual pay, Van Buren County$43,889
- Average weekly wage, Van Buren County$844
- Housing units permitted, Van Buren County16
- Of those, single family, Van Buren County16
- County product, 2024, Van Buren County$483,785,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Buren County1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Buren County$59,904
Every figure in this section is published for Van Buren County as a whole and is not a measurement of Damascus. 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
Damascus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Damascus, Arkansas?
348, in 132 households. Damascus town covers 1.86 square miles of land, which is 187 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Damascus in?
Damascus lies in more than one. By area it is 60.1 percent in Van Buren County, 39.9 percent in Faulkner County. This page sits under Van Buren County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Damascus?
$57,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $165,000. Median gross rent is $800 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Damascus businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $400,300, across 2 lenders, median approval $40,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Damascus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Damascus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Damascus. 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 Damascus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Van Buren 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 Damascus.
Is zoning published for Damascus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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