Altus, Arkansas

Demographics

People

Total Population	851
Male Share of the Population	51.1%
Female Share of the Population	48.9%
Senior Citizens	12.6%
Employed Population 16+	362
Age of the Population	32

Families

% of people married	51.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	21.3%
Median Earnings25+	$30,526
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$60,313
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,563

Wealth

Median Family Income	$41,667
% Above Poverty Level	76.3%
% Below Poverty Level	23.7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	1.1%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.6%
Median Gross Rent	$549
Median House Value	$95,600

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	20.8%
Irish	15.9%
English	11.5%
German	8.9%
Italian	3.8%
Russian	1.6%
Scottish	1.3%
French Except Basque	1.2%
Dutch	1.1%
Swiss	0.9%
Norwegian	0.8%
Swedish	0.2%
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Altus Almanac

Category	Value
County	Franklin County
Standard Zip Codes	72821
Phone Area Codes	479
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	35.44
Approximate Longitude	-93.76

Altus Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	OZARK
Distance	4 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 48 F
Apr Temp	46 to 72 F
Jul Temp	69 to 92 F
Oct Temp	48 to 75 F
Annual Precip	45.3 inches

Station	BOONEVILLE 3 SSE
Distance	25.5 miles
Jan Temp	29 to 50 F
Apr Temp	50 to 75 F
Jul Temp	69 to 94 F
Oct Temp	51 to 76 F
Annual Precip	47.7 inches

Station	FORT SMITH RGNL AP
Distance	35 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 48 F
Apr Temp	49 to 73 F
Jul Temp	71 to 93 F
Oct Temp	51 to 75 F
Annual Precip	43.8 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Coal Hill	1,189	$44,545
Hartman	513	$33,750
Ozark	3,601	$34,821
Paris	3,426	$31,497
Ratcliff	192	$36,875
Scranton	255	$51,563

Altus Public Schools

Ozark Middle School
18 W College
ZIP: 72821
Middle
Total Enrollment 291

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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