Altus, Arkansas

Demographics

People

Total Population	754
Male Share of the Population	48.7%
Female Share of the Population	51.3%
Senior Citizens	15.3%
Employed Population 16+	291
Age of the Population	40

Families

% of people married	45.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	9.6%
Median Earnings25+	$30,294
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$30,694
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$24,792

Wealth

Median Family Income	$33,214
% Above Poverty Level	85.5%
% Below Poverty Level	14.5%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	26 minutes
% Working from Home	0.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6.2%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	36.4%
Median Gross Rent	$530
Median House Value	$91,400

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	24.7%
Irish	20.3%
English	15%
German	12.5%
Dutch	5.3%
Italian	2.8%
Scottish	2.1%
Russian	1.3%
French Except Basque	1.3%
Norwegian	0.5%
Swiss	0.3%
Welsh	0.1%
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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	1,056	$47,917
Hartman	578	$38,077
Ozark	3,610	$37,594
Paris	3,474	$42,632
Ratcliff	159	$40,833
Scranton	185	$32,500

Altus Public Schools

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

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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