Pollard vs Rector

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

Pollard 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 186 in Pollard). Rector has the higher median household income ($41,534 vs $39,833 in Pollard). Pollard has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $82,500 in Rector).

Population, income & housing

	Pollard	Rector
Population	186	1,631
Median age	52.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,833	$41,534
Median home value	$83,300	$82,500
Median gross rent	$663	$605
Housing units	132	967
Homeownership rate	78.3%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pollard	Rector
Population	178 → 186 (+4.5%)	1,960 → 1,631 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$37,679 → $39,833 (+5.7%)	$30,599 → $41,534 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$29,800 → $83,300 (+179.5%)	$67,700 → $82,500 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $663 (-8.6%)	$490 → $605 (+23.5%)

Pollard

Population

178186

Median household income

$37,679$39,833

Median home value

$29,800$83,300

Median gross rent

$725$663

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)

	Pollard	Rector
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	19.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.3%
75 and over	13.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pollard	Rector
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	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	2.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pollard	Rector
No high school diploma	10.3%	24.4%
High school graduate	49.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pollard	Rector
Drove alone	73.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	21.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.3%
Other means	4.5%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pollard	Rector
1-unit, detached	93.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Pollard	Rector
Poverty rate	21.1%	20.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1963	1966