Higden vs Quitman

A side-by-side comparison of Higden and Quitman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Quitman has the higher population (748 vs 129 in Higden). Higden has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $37,067 in Quitman). Higden has the higher median home value ($202,500 vs $111,200 in Quitman).

Population, income & housing

	Higden	Quitman
Population	129	748
Median age	53.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$37,067
Median home value	$202,500	$111,200
Median gross rent	—	$650
Housing units	182	402
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higden	Quitman
Population	90 → 129 (+43.3%)	733 → 748 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $73,750 (+69.4%)	$42,772 → $37,067 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $202,500 (+67.6%)	$87,700 → $111,200 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $650 (-15.5%)

Higden

Population

90129

Median household income

$43,542$73,750

Median home value

$120,800$202,500

Quitman

Population

733748

Median household income

$42,772$37,067

Median home value

$87,700$111,200

Median gross rent

$769$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higden	Quitman
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	24.8%	13.1%
75 and over	10.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higden	Quitman
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higden	Quitman
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	27.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higden	Quitman
Drove alone	84.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higden	Quitman
1-unit, detached	70.9%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Higden	Quitman
Poverty rate	7.8%	21.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1978	1978