Decatur vs Little Flock

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur and Little Flock: population, income, housing, and more.

Decatur and Little Flock are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Little Flock has the higher population (3,040 vs 1,516 in Decatur). Little Flock has the higher median household income ($56,961 vs $43,239 in Decatur). Little Flock has the higher median home value ($383,900 vs $141,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Little Flock
Population	1,516	3,040
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$56,961
Median home value	$141,800	$383,900
Median gross rent	$759	$842
Housing units	700	1,367
Homeownership rate	46.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Little Flock
Population	1,837 → 1,516 (-17.5%)	2,766 → 3,040 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $43,239 (+6.1%)	$46,792 → $56,961 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $141,800 (+61.7%)	$250,300 → $383,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $759 (+29.5%)	$632 → $842 (+33.2%)

Decatur

Population

1,8371,516

Median household income

$40,750$43,239

Median home value

$87,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$586$759

Little Flock

Population

2,7663,040

Median household income

$46,792$56,961

Median home value

$250,300$383,900

Median gross rent

$632$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Little Flock
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	20.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.2%
75 and over	3.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Little Flock
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	73.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	1.5%
Asian	1.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	15.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Little Flock
No high school diploma	22.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Little Flock
Drove alone	93.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Little Flock
1-unit, detached	58.4%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	45.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Little Flock
Poverty rate	20.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1992	1992