Corning vs Rector

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Rector: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corning has the higher population (3,169 vs 1,631 in Rector). Corning has the higher median household income ($44,197 vs $41,534 in Rector). Corning has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $82,500 in Rector).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Rector
Population	3,169	1,631
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,197	$41,534
Median home value	$85,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$713	$605
Housing units	1,642	967
Homeownership rate	68.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Rector
Population	3,137 → 3,169 (+1.0%)	1,960 → 1,631 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$28,504 → $44,197 (+55.1%)	$30,599 → $41,534 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $85,800 (+16.9%)	$67,700 → $82,500 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $713 (+22.9%)	$490 → $605 (+23.5%)

Corning

Population

3,1373,169

Median household income

$28,504$44,197

Median home value

$73,400$85,800

Median gross rent

$580$713

Rector

Population

1,9601,631

Median household income

$30,599$41,534

Median home value

$67,700$82,500

Median gross rent

$490$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Rector
Under 5	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.3%
75 and over	9.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Rector
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	6.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Rector
No high school diploma	10.6%	24.4%
High school graduate	45.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Rector
Drove alone	82.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Rector
1-unit, detached	92.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Rector
Poverty rate	17.5%	20.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1974	1966