Amity vs Okolona

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

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

Amity has the higher population (956 vs 317 in Okolona). Okolona has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $37,679 in Amity). Amity has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $83,700 in Okolona).

Population, income & housing

	Amity	Okolona
Population	956	317
Median age	30.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$60,000
Median home value	$101,000	$83,700
Median gross rent	$736	—
Housing units	490	126
Homeownership rate	61.6%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity	Okolona
Population	706 → 956 (+35.4%)	136 → 317 (+133.1%)
Median household income	$26,528 → $37,679 (+42.0%)	$36,563 → $60,000 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,000 (+37.2%)	$56,600 → $83,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $736 (+32.9%)	$644 → $665 (+3.3%)

Amity

Population

706956

Median household income

$26,528$37,679

Median home value

$73,600$101,000

Median gross rent

$554$736

Okolona

Population

136317

Median household income

$36,563$60,000

Median home value

$56,600$83,700

Median gross rent

$644$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amity	Okolona
Under 5	8.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	1.6%
18 to 24	15.6%	36.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.7%
75 and over	6.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity	Okolona
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity	Okolona
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity	Okolona
Drove alone	78.3%	55.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	39.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity	Okolona
1-unit, detached	73.7%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Amity	Okolona
Poverty rate	42.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.87	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1972	1977