Rison vs Staves

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

Rison and Staves 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 163 in Staves). Staves has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $115,600 in Rison). Since 2019, Staves's population has grown faster (+13.2% vs -26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Rison	Staves
Population	966	163
Median age	39.9 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,911	—
Median home value	$115,600	$136,300
Median gross rent	$519	—
Housing units	503	108
Homeownership rate	45.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rison	Staves
Population	1,317 → 966 (-26.7%)	144 → 163 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $24,911 (-28.8%)	$51,176 → $120,375 (+135.2%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $115,600 (+9.5%)	$159,000 → $136,300 (-14.3%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $519 (-8.5%)	—

Rison

Population

1,317966

Median household income

$35,000$24,911

Median home value

$105,600$115,600

Median gross rent

$567$519

Staves

Population

144163

Median household income

$51,176$120,375

Median home value

$159,000$136,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rison	Staves
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	25.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	16.6%
75 and over	13.0%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rison	Staves
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	45.0%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rison	Staves
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	46.8%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rison	Staves
Drove alone	77.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	8.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rison	Staves
1-unit, detached	70.0%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	68.5%

Poverty & households

	Rison	Staves
Poverty rate	44.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1982	2003