With 84,265 people, Russellville is a metro area. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $163,768. Renters pay $829 a month at the median. 6% of people across the metro were born outside the United States. Density works out to 48 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,007, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 41%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Russellville
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.7% → 22.3%(+9.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Among the 19 metro and micro areas based in Arkansas
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.5%(997)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.2%(982)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34%(1,579)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(265)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(15)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 4,642 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Russellville, decade by decade
Russellville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
63,642
$51,790
$107,027
12.7%
10.6
2000
75,608
$56,813
$116,280
16.7%
22.9
2010
83,939
$56,084
$133,937
17.5%
35.0
2020
83,644
$56,339
$150,862
21.9%
47.9
2024
84,265
$57,007
$163,768
22.3%
44.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
