New Edinburg vs Rison

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

New Edinburg 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 223 in New Edinburg). New Edinburg has the higher median household income ($71,346 vs $24,911 in Rison). New Edinburg has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $115,600 in Rison).

Population, income & housing

	New Edinburg	Rison
Population	223	966
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,346	$24,911
Median home value	$134,100	$115,600
Median gross rent	—	$519
Housing units	104	503
Homeownership rate	100.0%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Edinburg	Rison
Population	198 → 223 (+12.6%)	1,317 → 966 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$46,016 → $71,346 (+55.0%)	$35,000 → $24,911 (-28.8%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $134,100 (+109.5%)	$105,600 → $115,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$567 → $519 (-8.5%)

New Edinburg

Population

198223

Median household income

$46,016$71,346

Median home value

$64,000$134,100

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)

	New Edinburg	Rison
Under 5	18.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	4.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	39.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.7%
75 and over	22.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Edinburg	Rison
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Edinburg	Rison
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	61.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Edinburg	Rison
Drove alone	100.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	0.0%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Edinburg	Rison
1-unit, detached	88.5%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	New Edinburg	Rison
Poverty rate	0.0%	44.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1989	1982