SardisAR
The town, home to 890 people, lies in Arkansas.
Is Sardis a good place to live?
45% of residents live below the poverty line in Sardis, above both the Arkansas town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Sardis has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
890 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sardis. Close and well known come first.
15 mi National Historic SiteLittle Rock Central High School National Historic Site49K visitors a year
17 mi MuseumClinton Presidential Center
35 mi National ParkHot Springs National Park2.5M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaSimmons Bank Arena35 mi Theme parkMagic Springs and Crystal Falls15 mi Zoo & aquariumLittle Rock ZooPhoto credits
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clinton Presidential Center: Archipreneur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hot Springs National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Simmons Bank Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Sardis: who provides what
Sardis is unincorporated, so Saline County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sardis.
Sardis has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Little Rock (42%), Benton (8%) and North Little Rock (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 16 miles. Sardis’ mean commuting time stands at 23 minutes.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sardis is
In Sardis, 14% of adults worry about having enough food. 41% of adults in the town have high blood pressure; 22% say their health is fair or poor.
| Sardis | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 41% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sardis | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.6% | 10.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sardis faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Sardis’ FEMA risk score is 60 of 100. FEMA puts nearly a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Sardis sell for about $140K
For households in Sardis, the share who live in a home they own is 64%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sardis
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sardis
About 0 of every 100 Sardis residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
100% of working residents leave Sardis for work
Where Sardis’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sardis
Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States
Sardis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southeast Saline County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 833. The community is approximately six miles east-southeast of Bauxite and four miles southwest of East End. Hurricane Creek flows past approximately one mile west of the site. Sardis is part of the Bryant Public School District.
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Questions about Sardis
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sardis, AR a good place to live?
Sardis has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.