Wooster, Arkansas Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 516. Estimated population in July 2024: 665 (+28.9% change)
Males: 257 (49.8%), Females: 259 (50.2%)
Faulkner County
Zip code: 72181
Demographics
Median resident age: 38.9 years
Median household income: $35,062
Median house value: $78,500
Population by Race
Races in Wooster:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (19.0%), Irish (15.9%), German (8.5%), English (6.6%), Scotch-Irish (4.7%), Scottish (2.9%).
Elevation: 320 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Wooster
- High school or higher: 76.0%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 14.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.8%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Wooster town
- Never married: 14.4%
- Now married: 62.4%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 13.0%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +104 (+25.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Wooster:
- CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; CONWAY, AR)
- ST ANTHONY’S HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 22 miles; MORRILTON, AR)
- METHODIST BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MAUMELLE, AR)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Wooster:
- LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 31 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR; Abbreviation: LRF)
- ADAMS FIELD (about 38 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Abbreviation: LIT)
- MEMORIAL FIELD (about 67 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Abbreviation: HOT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wooster:
- DENNIS F CANTRELL FIELD (about 10 miles; CONWAY, AR; Abbreviation: M03)
- MORRILTON MUNI (about 18 miles; MORRILTON, AR; Abbreviation: BDQ)
- CLINTON MUNI (about 27 miles; CLINTON, AR; Abbreviation: 4M4)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wooster:
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 10 miles; CONWAY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 7,693)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 34 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Full-time enrollment: 8,024)
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 39 miles; BEEBE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,840)
- ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 4,450)
- HARDING UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; SEARCY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,959)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 74 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,801)
- HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,109)