Van Buren, Arkansas

Van Buren population, 2020 to 2024

Van Buren added 1,155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +327. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Van Buren is 2.2 times that size.

Van Buren covers 15.48 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 1,576 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Van Buren is denser than the typical town.

What county Van Buren is in

All of Van Buren's residents live in Crawford County, which had 62,258 residents in 2024. Van Buren holds 39.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Van Buren

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Van Buren by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72956. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Van Buren is

The Census internal point of Van Buren is at 35.451200, -94.354000. Little Rock, the capital, is 126.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Smith, AR (90,507 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 44.1 miles away.

Daylight in Van Buren

At 35.45° N, Van Buren gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Van Buren

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kibler, 6.9 miles away, with 1,027 people.