Amity vs Arkadelphia

A side-by-side comparison of Amity and Arkadelphia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arkadelphia has the higher population (10,316 vs 956 in Amity). Arkadelphia has the higher median household income ($42,430 vs $37,679 in Amity). Arkadelphia has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $101,000 in Amity).

Population, income & housing

	Amity	Arkadelphia
Population	956	10,316
Median age	30.1 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$42,430
Median home value	$101,000	$176,000
Median gross rent	$736	$741
Housing units	490	4,276
Homeownership rate	61.6%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity	Arkadelphia
Population	706 → 956 (+35.4%)	10,670 → 10,316 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$26,528 → $37,679 (+42.0%)	$33,133 → $42,430 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,000 (+37.2%)	$121,200 → $176,000 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $736 (+32.9%)	$589 → $741 (+25.8%)

Amity

Population

706956

Median household income

$26,528$37,679

Median home value

$73,600$101,000

Median gross rent

$554$736

Arkadelphia

Population

10,67010,316

Median household income

$33,133$42,430

Median home value

$121,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$589$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amity	Arkadelphia
Under 5	8.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	15.6%	37.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	6.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.5%
75 and over	6.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity	Arkadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	59.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity	Arkadelphia
No high school diploma	13.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity	Arkadelphia
Drove alone	78.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity	Arkadelphia
1-unit, detached	73.7%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Amity	Arkadelphia
Poverty rate	42.7%	28.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1972	1985