Alpena vs Harrison

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

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

Harrison has the higher population (13,217 vs 429 in Alpena). Alpena has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $40,568 in Harrison). Harrison has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $102,500 in Alpena).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Harrison
Population	429	13,217
Median age	34.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$40,568
Median home value	$102,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	$765	$703
Housing units	160	6,553
Homeownership rate	58.8%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Harrison
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	13,063 → 13,217 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	$40,271 → $40,568 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$117,900 → $165,000 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$620 → $703 (+13.4%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Harrison

Population

13,06313,217

Median household income

$40,271$40,568

Median home value

$117,900$165,000

Median gross rent

$620$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Harrison
Under 5	2.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	30.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.9%
75 and over	2.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Harrison
No high school diploma	17.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	54.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Harrison
Drove alone	74.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Harrison
1-unit, detached	66.9%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Harrison
Poverty rate	15.7%	16.6%
Average household size	3.15	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1976	1979