Metro Trends
Metroplan Report Finds People Live Where They Work
Metroplan on Thursday released its 2017 Demographic Review and Outlook, noting demographic trends for the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. read more >
US, Arkansas Homeownership On the Decline
Although the housing market continues to recover since the Great Recession, the rates of homeownership remain below peak levels both in the United States and in Arkansas. read more >
Home Ownership Down, Renting Up in Central Arkansas
Home ownership continues to decline as rental housing grows in central Arkansas and nationally, according to Metroplan's 2016 Demographic Review and Outlook. read more >
Retail, Transport Among Central Arkansas’ Strengths in Economic Recovery
Metroplan recently released its latest “Metro Trends: Economic Review and Outlook” report, in which the agency examines the region’s rate of economic recovery four years after the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009. read more >
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