Arkadelphia vs Okolona

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

Arkadelphia and Okolona 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 317 in Okolona). Okolona has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $42,430 in Arkadelphia). Arkadelphia has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $83,700 in Okolona).

Population, income & housing

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
Population	10,316	317
Median age	23.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,430	$60,000
Median home value	$176,000	$83,700
Median gross rent	$741	—
Housing units	4,276	126
Homeownership rate	40.3%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
Population	10,670 → 10,316 (-3.3%)	136 → 317 (+133.1%)
Median household income	$33,133 → $42,430 (+28.1%)	$36,563 → $60,000 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $176,000 (+45.2%)	$56,600 → $83,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $741 (+25.8%)	$644 → $665 (+3.3%)

Arkadelphia

Population

10,67010,316

Median household income

$33,133$42,430

Median home value

$121,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$589$741

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)

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
Under 5	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	1.6%
18 to 24	37.8%	36.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	6.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	6.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.7%
75 and over	5.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	29.8%	10.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
No high school diploma	6.1%	18.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
Drove alone	70.7%	55.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	39.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
1-unit, detached	53.3%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Arkadelphia	Okolona
Poverty rate	28.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.15	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	16	37
Median year structure built	1985	1977