Center Ridge vs Oppelo

A side-by-side comparison of Center Ridge and Oppelo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oppelo has the higher population (1,033 vs 206 in Center Ridge). Oppelo has the higher median household income ($65,813 vs $52,750 in Center Ridge). Oppelo has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $84,000 in Center Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
Population	206	1,033
Median age	29.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,750	$65,813
Median home value	$84,000	$124,700
Median gross rent	—	$749
Housing units	149	428
Homeownership rate	93.5%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
Population	365 → 206 (-43.6%)	669 → 1,033 (+54.4%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $52,750 (-6.2%)	$50,536 → $65,813 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $84,000 (+6.2%)	$92,000 → $124,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $749 (-3.4%)

Center Ridge

Population

365206

Median household income

$56,250$52,750

Median home value

$79,100$84,000

Oppelo

Population

6691,033

Median household income

$50,536$65,813

Median home value

$92,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$775$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
Under 5	7.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	21.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	21.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	18.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.8%
75 and over	12.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
Drove alone	82.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
1-unit, detached	65.8%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Center Ridge	Oppelo
Poverty rate	21.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1978	1979