East End, Arkansas.
A community in Saline County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Saline County’s.
Living in East End, Saline County, Arkansas
East End, in Saline County, had 7,137 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $87,936 a year and half less, against $79,046 across Saline County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Saline County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
- 2,415households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Saline County had 28,549 jobs in 2025, 3.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 4 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Little Rock Airport Adams Field weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Saline County
- Bryant School DistrictSchool district1,256FTE
- Benton School DistrictSchool district709FTE
- Saline Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital462FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters445
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters434
- Central Arkansas Development CouncilCommunity action advocacy organizations306
- Arcwood Environmental - Benton PlantHazardous waste treatment facilities232
- Encore Medical CenterGeneral hospital230FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 49 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,788 people in all across the county; East End has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in East End’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Saline County.