Rison vs Woodlawn

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

Rison and Woodlawn 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 236 in Woodlawn). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($67,723 vs $24,911 in Rison). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $115,600 in Rison).

Population, income & housing

	Rison	Woodlawn
Population	966	236
Median age	39.9 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$24,911	$67,723
Median home value	$115,600	$212,500
Median gross rent	$519	—
Housing units	503	96
Homeownership rate	45.6%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	21.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rison	Woodlawn
Population	1,317 → 966 (-26.7%)	138 → 236 (+71.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $24,911 (-28.8%)	$66,250 → $67,723 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $115,600 (+9.5%)	$73,800 → $212,500 (+187.9%)
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

Woodlawn

Population

138236

Median household income

$66,250$67,723

Median home value

$73,800$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rison	Woodlawn
Under 5	1.3%	14.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	5.5%	28.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	3.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.0%
75 and over	13.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rison	Woodlawn
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	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	13.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rison	Woodlawn
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	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	70.0%	67.7%
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%	32.3%

Poverty & households

	Rison	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	44.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.24	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1982	2003