71743 Zip Code (Gurdon, AR) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 3,897
Zip code population in 2010: 4,090
Zip code population in 2000: 4,366

Houses and condos: 2,052
Renter-occupied apartments: 487
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 71743: 78.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 206.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 19 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $541 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $360 (0.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 71743:

• High school or higher: 87.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.0%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
• Unemployed: 2.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 71743:

• Never married: 32.1%
• Now married: 47.6%
• Separated: 1.8%
• Widowed: 5.6%
• Divorced: 12.9%

• 
• • 2,55562.5%White
  • 1,08526.5%Black
  • 3739.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 521.3%Two or more races
  • 130.3%American Indian
  • 90.2%Asian
  • 20.05%Some other race
  • 10.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 71743, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $34,562 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,562
State:	$52,148

Salary/wage: $30,610 (reported on 87.2% of returns)

Here:	$30,610
State:	$41,669

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 73.7% for AGIs below $25k, 82.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 82.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 61.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $909 (reported on 21.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$909
Arkansas:	$1,648

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,590 (reported on 6.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,590
State:	$20,675

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$938 (reported on 5.1% of returns)

Here:	+$938
State:	+$15,222

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,996 (reported on 14.7% of returns)

Here:	+$4,996
State:	+$9,665

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,356 (reported on 5.8% of returns)

71743:	$8,356
Arkansas:	$13,644

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 2.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total itemized deductions: $19,118 (26% of AGI, reported on 14.1% of returns)

Here:	$19,118
State:	$23,276

Here:	26.5% of AGI
State:	19.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $25k, 5.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $5,594 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	$5,594
State:	$5,996

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $4,514 (reported on 14.1% of returns)

71743:	$4,514
State:	$7,941

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,563 (reported on 30.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,563
State:	$2,455

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 71.2%

Here:	71%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 71.4% for AGIs below $25k, 72.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 71743, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,136 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,136
State:	$39,270

Salary/wage: $26,857 (reported on 88.3% of returns)

Here:	$26,857
State:	$34,079

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 111.2% for AGIs below $10k, 80.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 85.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 55.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,193 (reported on 27.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,193
Arkansas:	$1,904

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $2,209 (reported on 9.3% of returns)

Here:	$2,209
State:	$5,995

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$4,391 (reported on 8.4% of returns)

Here:	+$4,391
State:	+$10,430

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -0.7% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,119 (reported on 14.8% of returns)

Here:	+$4,119
State:	+$7,823

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $10k, 5.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,000 (reported on 1.9% of returns)

71743:	$3,000
Arkansas:	$3,204

Total itemized deductions: $15,246 (24% of AGI, reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	$15,246
State:	$18,389

Here:	23.9% of AGI
State:	21.0% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $4,877 (7% of AGI, reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	$4,877
State:	$4,725

Here:	7.2% of AGI
State:	5.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,465 (reported on 63.3% of returns)

71743:	$3,465
State:	$6,047

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.1% for AGIs below $10k, 2.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,947 (reported on 33.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,947
State:	$1,909

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 75.7%

Here:	76%
State:	67%

(% for various income ranges: 73.3% for AGIs below $10k, 77.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 77.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 67.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 71772, 71722, 71923, 71726, 71998, 71999.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 259
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,319

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 61 (8 now married, 51 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 974 (360 now married, 616 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 71743 with a mortgage: 456 (7 second mortgage)
Houses without a mortgage: 653

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $986
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $388

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 71743 household income distribution in 2019

• 201Less than $10,000
• 40$10,000 to $14,999
• 72$15,000 to $19,999
• 171$20,000 to $24,999
• 72$25,000 to $29,999
• 104$30,000 to $34,999
• 74$35,000 to $39,999
• 54$40,000 to $44,999
• 31$45,000 to $49,999
• 84$50,000 to $59,999
• 230$60,000 to $74,999
• 238$75,000 to $99,999
• 88$100,000 to $124,999
• 27$125,000 to $149,999
• 46$150,000 to $199,999
• 20$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 71743

• 14Less than $10,000
• 21$10,000 to $14,999
• 7$15,000 to $19,999
• 117$20,000 to $24,999
• 10$25,000 to $29,999
• 54$30,000 to $34,999
• 8$35,000 to $39,999
• 28$40,000 to $49,999
• 18$50,000 to $59,999
• 84$60,000 to $69,999
• 158$70,000 to $79,999
• 11$80,000 to $89,999
• 81$90,000 to $99,999
• 111$100,000 to $124,999
• 41$125,000 to $149,999
• 67$150,000 to $174,999
• 74$175,000 to $199,999
• 20$200,000 to $249,999
• 5$250,000 to $299,999
• 19$300,000 to $399,999
• 30$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 71743

• 27$100 to $149
• 14$200 to $249
• 29$250 to $299
• 26$300 to $349
• 82$350 to $399
• 84$400 to $449
• 8$450 to $499
• 79$500 to $549
• 10$600 to $649
• 5$650 to $699
• 11$700 to $749
• 65No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $677.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $98,690
• Black or African American householders: $65,313
• Some other race householders: $77,263
• Two or more races householders: $154,526
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $77,263

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $85,917 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $52,024 - $131,945

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $176,529

Here:	$176,529
State:	$183,629

Townhouses or other attached units: $76,166

Here:	$76,166
State:	$177,096

Mobile homes: $132,633

Here:	$132,633
State:	$68,924

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,509
• Two: 16
• 3 or 4: 34
• 5 to 9: 7
• 10 to 19: 5
• 20 to 49: 4
• Mobile homes: 458

Unemployment: 2.0%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 71743

• 75.8%1,232Drove a car alone
• 11.7%191Carpooled
• 3.4%55Bus or trolley bus
• 5.5%90Walked
• 0.7%11Other means
• 2.2%35Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 71743

• 22Less than 5 minutes
• 3445 to 9 minutes
• 28710 to 14 minutes
• 33115 to 19 minutes
• 12320 to 24 minutes
• 8125 to 29 minutes
• 12730 to 34 minutes
• 9035 to 39 minutes
• 6645 to 59 minutes
• 7060 to 89 minutes
• 3890 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 68.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 3,897

• Male householders: 656 (188 living alone), Female householders: 932 (213 living alone)

• 717 spouses (717 opposite-sex spouses), 103 unmarried partners, (103 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,160 children (986 natural, 45 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 112 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 0 foster children, 54 other relatives, 35 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 19 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 507 2-persons, 216 3-persons, 220 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 85 2-persons

340 married couples with children.
451 single-parent households (38 men, 413 women).

92.9% of residents of 71743 zip code speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% very well, 27% well, 11% not well, 21% not at all).

Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO GURDON WOOD PRODUCTS (HIGHWAY 67 NORTH in GURDON, AR)

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  AIR MAJOR ("Best Available" air pollution technologies tracking)
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: LOGGING; SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS, GENERAL; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD
  Business NAICS classification: SAWMILLS.; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING.; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING.
  Alternative names: GURDON WOOD PRODUCTS PLANT(INT PLANT CO), INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO-GURDON, INTERNATIONAL PAPER-GURDON, INTERNATIONAL PAPER GURDON WOOD PRODS.

• CIRCLE C FARM (496 SOUTH FORK RD. in GURDON, AR)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-ARG010095, LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL
  Business SIC classification: HOGS
  

• GURDON, CITY OF (167 BREWER RD in GURDON, AR)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-AR0022551, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

• SOUTHFORK TRUCK STOP (I-30 & HWY 53 in GURDON, AR)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-AR0045551, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, WATER-AR0045551C,
  Business SIC classification: TERMINAL AND JOINT TERMINAL MAINTENANCE FACILITIES FOR MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
  Alternative names: DEATON'S SOUTHFORK TRUCK STOP

• CABE MIDDLE SCHOOL (7780 HWY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003017
  Organizations: GURDON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• GURDON HIGH SCHOOL (7777 HWY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003018
  

• GURDON PRIMARY SCHOOL (401 NORTH 10 STREET in GURDON, AR)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003016
  

• CALLEY'S FINA (HWY 67 in GURDON, AR)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-1998-0933, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS; GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS
  

• SOUTHFORK TRUCKSTOP (I-39 AND HIGHWAY 53 in GURDON, AR)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2002-3938, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
  

• FLEET TRANSPORT COMPANY (I-30 EXIT 3 NEAR SOUTH FORK TR in GURDON, AR)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

• AHTD-GURDON REST AREAS (I-30 (6 MI W OF CITY) in GURDON, AR)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL SERVICES
  Alternative names: AHTD - DISTRICT 7, AR HWY DEPT-GURDON REST AREA

• CENTER POINT ENERGY - BERNIE STATION (HIGHWAY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
  Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.
  Alternative names: ARKLA,INC-BEIRNE COMPRESSOR STATION, NORAM-BEIRNE COMPRESSOR STATION

• GURDON PRIMARY SCHOOL (TENTH & PINE ST in GURDON, AR)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 8.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 11.0%

Population in 1990: 4,180. Population change in the 1990s: +186 (+4.4%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 2,913
• Northeast: 30
• Midwest: 190
• South: 516
• West: 92

63% of the 71743 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Arkansas.

91% of the 71743 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Interior Design Services (20-49: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (10-19: 1)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 27. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 56 took place in 2011, and the least - 4 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (52.6%), and Structure Fires (30.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 71743
• 18352.6%Outside Fires
• 10730.7%Structure Fires
• 5515.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 30.9%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 71743, Arkansas

Most common first names in zip code 71743 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	60	72.3 years
Mary	45	79.7 years
William	42	72.8 years
John	33	76.4 years
Robert	26	72.7 years
Willie	21	75.0 years
Annie	19	75.6 years
George	19	77.4 years
Thomas	17	73.6 years
Charles	16	66.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 71743 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	39	74.0 years
Williams	35	77.7 years
Wells	20	71.5 years
Jones	19	75.0 years
Anderson	18	79.9 years
Bell	18	73.6 years
Stephens	17	80.5 years
Hughes	17	65.2 years
Brown	15	81.7 years
Johnson	12	75.0 years

Businesses in zip code 71743

• H&R Block: 1
• SONIC Drive-In: 1