Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation
The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.
The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.
Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.
Benton County — Social Vulnerability Index
Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Benton County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (0 to 7)Lower-middle (9 to 16)Middle (18 to 34)Upper-middle (34 to 62)Higher (62 to 84)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.
Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.
Median tract: 29th percentile (among tracts in AR).
These tracts span the 0th percentile to the 84th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 2 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 203.01 (pop. 4,078) — 84th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 212.02 (pop. 3,561) — 80th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Above the median — 12 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 202.06 (pop. 8,799) — 80th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 205.03 (pop. 4,656) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 204.01 (pop. 6,946) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 202.01 (pop. 5,216) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 203.04 (pop. 4,260) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 211.01 (pop. 5,654) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 203.02 (pop. 4,348) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 210.03 (pop. 2,713) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 204.04 (pop. 4,808) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 210.01 (pop. 5,423) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 211.02 (pop. 3,736) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 214.08 (pop. 6,830) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Near the median — 6 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 214.04 (pop. 4,141) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 202.05 (pop. 6,335) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 204.02 (pop. 6,375) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.08 (pop. 4,102) — 48th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 210.04 (pop. 4,536) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 214.06 (pop. 5,723) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 12 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 203.05 (pop. 3,630) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 212.01 (pop. 5,240) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.14 (pop. 3,561) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 202.03 (pop. 2,748) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 213.04 (pop. 14,490) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 201.04 (pop. 1,816) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.05 (pop. 6,468) — 32nd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 205.04 (pop. 2,564) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.04 (pop. 4,960) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 205.01 (pop. 5,626) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 201.02 (pop. 8,428) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.07 (pop. 11,670) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Well below the median — 25 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 213.15 (pop. 6,759) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 209.05 (pop. 3,475) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.12 (pop. 4,548) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 201.03 (pop. 5,349) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.13 (pop. 3,353) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 208.05 (pop. 4,865) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.05 (pop. 3,749) — 14th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 209.06 (pop. 6,988) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 209.03 (pop. 5,580) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 204.05 (pop. 5,646) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 214.07 (pop. 4,553) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 208.06 (pop. 7,540) — 11th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 209.04 (pop. 8,188) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 207.01 (pop. 6,935) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 207.04 (pop. 4,627) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 214.05 (pop. 2,064) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.17 (pop. 3,835) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 214.09 (pop. 2,327) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.16 (pop. 7,281) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 208.03 (pop. 4,887) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.08 (pop. 7,539) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 213.06 (pop. 5,651) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.06 (pop. 4,636) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 208.01 (pop. 4,634) — 0th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 207.03 (pop. 5,182) — 0th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in AR. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.