Arkadelphia vs Gurdon

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

Arkadelphia and Gurdon 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 1,777 in Gurdon). Gurdon has the higher median household income ($45,769 vs $42,430 in Arkadelphia). Arkadelphia has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $94,300 in Gurdon).

Population, income & housing

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
Population	10,316	1,777
Median age	23.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,430	$45,769
Median home value	$176,000	$94,300
Median gross rent	$741	$652
Housing units	4,276	1,030
Homeownership rate	40.3%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
Population	10,670 → 10,316 (-3.3%)	2,571 → 1,777 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$33,133 → $42,430 (+28.1%)	$33,229 → $45,769 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $176,000 (+45.2%)	$72,100 → $94,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $741 (+25.8%)	$629 → $652 (+3.7%)

Arkadelphia

Population

10,67010,316

Median household income

$33,133$42,430

Median home value

$121,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$589$741

Gurdon

Population

2,5711,777

Median household income

$33,229$45,769

Median home value

$72,100$94,300

Median gross rent

$629$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	24.8%
18 to 24	37.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.5%
75 and over	5.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	45.4%
Black or African American	29.8%	36.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
No high school diploma	6.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
Drove alone	70.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	9.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
1-unit, detached	53.3%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Arkadelphia	Gurdon
Poverty rate	28.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1985	1976