Knobel vs Rector

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

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

Rector has the higher population (1,631 vs 177 in Knobel). Knobel has the higher median household income ($95,508 vs $41,534 in Rector). Rector has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $9,999 in Knobel).

Population, income & housing

	Knobel	Rector
Population	177	1,631
Median age	49.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,508	$41,534
Median home value	$9,999	$82,500
Median gross rent	—	$605
Housing units	149	967
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knobel	Rector
Population	184 → 177 (-3.8%)	1,960 → 1,631 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$31,016 → $95,508 (+207.9%)	$30,599 → $41,534 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$26,900 → $9,999 (-62.8%)	$67,700 → $82,500 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$490 → $605 (+23.5%)

Knobel

Population

184177

Median household income

$31,016$95,508

Median home value

$26,900$9,999

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)

	Knobel	Rector
Under 5	1.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	4.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	6.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	47.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	1.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.3%
75 and over	1.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knobel	Rector
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	5.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knobel	Rector
No high school diploma	22.4%	24.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knobel	Rector
Drove alone	87.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.9%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knobel	Rector
1-unit, detached	79.9%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Knobel	Rector
Poverty rate	19.9%	20.2%
Average household size	1.70	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	2001	1966