Alpena vs Lead Hill

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

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

Alpena has the higher population (429 vs 283 in Lead Hill). Lead Hill has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $47,500 in Alpena). Lead Hill has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $102,500 in Alpena).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Lead Hill
Population	429	283
Median age	34.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$60,625
Median home value	$102,500	$103,800
Median gross rent	$765	$879
Housing units	160	125
Homeownership rate	58.8%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Lead Hill
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	228 → 283 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	$27,125 → $60,625 (+123.5%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$80,800 → $103,800 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$775 → $879 (+13.4%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Lead Hill

Population

228283

Median household income

$27,125$60,625

Median home value

$80,800$103,800

Median gross rent

$775$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Lead Hill
Under 5	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	30.5%	36.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.3%
75 and over	2.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Lead Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
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%	1.8%
Two or more races	19.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Lead Hill
No high school diploma	17.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	54.9%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Lead Hill
Drove alone	74.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Lead Hill
1-unit, detached	66.9%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Lead Hill
Poverty rate	15.7%	14.1%
Average household size	3.15	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1976	1978