Alpena vs Bellefonte

A side-by-side comparison of Alpena and Bellefonte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellefonte has the higher population (497 vs 429 in Alpena). Alpena has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $46,563 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $102,500 in Alpena).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Bellefonte
Population	429	497
Median age	34.7 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$46,563
Median home value	$102,500	$170,800
Median gross rent	$765	$759
Housing units	160	211
Homeownership rate	58.8%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Bellefonte
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	443 → 497 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	$40,556 → $46,563 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$114,600 → $170,800 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$547 → $759 (+38.8%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Bellefonte

Population

443497

Median household income

$40,556$46,563

Median home value

$114,600$170,800

Median gross rent

$547$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Bellefonte
Under 5	2.3%	14.9%
5 to 17	30.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.2%
75 and over	2.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Bellefonte
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	19.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Bellefonte
No high school diploma	17.5%	14.6%
High school graduate	54.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Bellefonte
Drove alone	74.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Bellefonte
1-unit, detached	66.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Bellefonte
Poverty rate	15.7%	33.1%
Average household size	3.15	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1976	1967