Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, Springdale had a population of 84,161 and 27,077 households; 19,475 were family households. The median age was 31.2 years. 30.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 10.2% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.3 males age 18 and over. Of all households, 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 49.0% were married-couple households, 17.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 22,678 households, out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were
married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.54. The median income for a household in the city was $26,523, and the median income for a family was $46,407. Males had a median income of $31,495 versus $26,492 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $18,645. 21.3% of the population and 17.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 33.6% of those under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Metropolitan area The
Northwest Arkansas region consists of three
Arkansas counties:
Benton,
Madison, and
Washington. The area had a population of 347,045 at the
2000 census which had increased to 463,204 by the
2010 census (an increase of 33.47 percent). The Metropolitan Statistical Area does not consist of the usual principal-city-with-
suburbs morphology; instead Springdale is bordered to the north by
Rogers, the south by
Fayetteville, and the northwest by
Bentonville, with smaller cities like
Lowell and
Johnson in between.
Marshallese population The city is home to the largest community of
Marshall Islanders in the United States, which dates to the 1980s, when one Marshall Islander arrived in the city to work for Tyson Foods and subsequently spread word of plentiful jobs to others in the islands. The
Marshall Islands opened a
consulate in the city in 2008.
Religion 56.8% of Springdale's population describes themselves as religious, slightly above the national average of 48.8%. 25.6% of people in Springdale who describe themselves as having a religion are Baptist (14.5% of the city's total population). 12.5% of people holding a religion are Catholic (7.1% of the city's total population). ==Economy==