Kingsland vs Rison

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsland and Rison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rison has the higher population (966 vs 551 in Kingsland). Kingsland has the higher median household income ($26,731 vs $24,911 in Rison). Rison has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $34,500 in Kingsland).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsland	Rison
Population	551	966
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,731	$24,911
Median home value	$34,500	$115,600
Median gross rent	$804	$519
Housing units	276	503
Homeownership rate	79.8%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsland	Rison
Population	512 → 551 (+7.6%)	1,317 → 966 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $26,731 (-22.7%)	$35,000 → $24,911 (-28.8%)
Median home value	$52,700 → $34,500 (-34.5%)	$105,600 → $115,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $804 (+35.4%)	$567 → $519 (-8.5%)

Kingsland

Population

512551

Median household income

$34,583$26,731

Median home value

$52,700$34,500

Median gross rent

$594$804

Rison

Population

1,317966

Median household income

$35,000$24,911

Median home value

$105,600$115,600

Median gross rent

$567$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsland	Rison
Under 5	2.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.7%
75 and over	6.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsland	Rison
White (non-Hispanic)	35.6%	52.4%
Black or African American	61.9%	45.0%
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	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsland	Rison
No high school diploma	11.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	54.1%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsland	Rison
Drove alone	94.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	4.4%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsland	Rison
1-unit, detached	50.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Kingsland	Rison
Poverty rate	40.7%	44.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1979	1982