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Gibson, Arkansas.

A community in Pulaski County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Pulaski County’s.

Living in Gibson, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Gibson, in Pulaski County, had 4,111 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $66,496 a year and half less, against $62,873 across Pulaski County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Pulaski County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,111 in the 2020 census; median age 39.0
Household income $66,496 the median, give or take $11,659 · Pulaski County: $62,873
Unemployment 4.0% Pulaski County, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 1,613households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Other services11%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pulaski County had 262,676 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 32°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 49° 32° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 32°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 49° 32° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 4 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Little Rock weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pulaski County

  1. University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUniversity or college5,048
  2. Uams Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,063FTE
  3. Arkansas Children's HospitalChildren's hospital3,480FTE
  4. Baptist Health Medical Center - LRGeneral hospital3,361FTE
  5. Little Rock School DistrictSchool district3,246FTE
  6. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,827
  7. Pulaski County Special School DistrictSchool district2,333FTE
  8. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs2,145

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 409 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 63,167 people in all across the county; Gibson has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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

  1. TornadoesVery high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of GibsonRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gibson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Pulaski County.