Gurdon vs Okolona

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

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

Gurdon has the higher population (1,777 vs 317 in Okolona). Okolona has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $45,769 in Gurdon). Gurdon has the higher median home value ($94,300 vs $83,700 in Okolona).

Population, income & housing

	Gurdon	Okolona
Population	1,777	317
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,769	$60,000
Median home value	$94,300	$83,700
Median gross rent	$652	—
Housing units	1,030	126
Homeownership rate	58.9%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gurdon	Okolona
Population	2,571 → 1,777 (-30.9%)	136 → 317 (+133.1%)
Median household income	$33,229 → $45,769 (+37.7%)	$36,563 → $60,000 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $94,300 (+30.8%)	$56,600 → $83,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $652 (+3.7%)	$644 → $665 (+3.3%)

Gurdon

Population

2,5711,777

Median household income

$33,229$45,769

Median home value

$72,100$94,300

Median gross rent

$629$652

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)

	Gurdon	Okolona
Under 5	4.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.8%	1.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	36.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gurdon	Okolona
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	36.3%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gurdon	Okolona
No high school diploma	19.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gurdon	Okolona
Drove alone	73.0%	55.7%
Carpooled	20.3%	4.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	39.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gurdon	Okolona
1-unit, detached	74.4%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Gurdon	Okolona
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.29	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1976	1977