Alpena vs Diamond City

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

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

Diamond City has the higher population (831 vs 429 in Alpena). Alpena has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $42,083 in Diamond City). Alpena has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $96,100 in Diamond City).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Diamond City
Population	429	831
Median age	34.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$42,083
Median home value	$102,500	$96,100
Median gross rent	$765	$825
Housing units	160	521
Homeownership rate	58.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Diamond City
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	1,020 → 831 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	$27,250 → $42,083 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$84,700 → $96,100 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$438 → $825 (+88.4%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Diamond City

Population

1,020831

Median household income

$27,250$42,083

Median home value

$84,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$438$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Diamond City
Under 5	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	30.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.3%
75 and over	2.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Diamond City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Diamond City
No high school diploma	17.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	54.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Diamond City
Drove alone	74.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Diamond City
1-unit, detached	66.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Diamond City
Poverty rate	15.7%	14.7%
Average household size	3.15	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1976	1978