Oppelo vs Plumerville

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

Oppelo and Plumerville 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 1,008 in Plumerville). Oppelo has the higher median household income ($65,813 vs $38,438 in Plumerville). Oppelo has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $112,100 in Plumerville).

Population, income & housing

	Oppelo	Plumerville
Population	1,033	1,008
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,813	$38,438
Median home value	$124,700	$112,100
Median gross rent	$749	$706
Housing units	428	519
Homeownership rate	76.2%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oppelo	Plumerville
Population	669 → 1,033 (+54.4%)	857 → 1,008 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $65,813 (+30.2%)	$38,077 → $38,438 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $124,700 (+35.5%)	$69,300 → $112,100 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $749 (-3.4%)	$591 → $706 (+19.5%)

Oppelo

Population

6691,033

Median household income

$50,536$65,813

Median home value

$92,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$775$749

Plumerville

Population

8571,008

Median household income

$38,077$38,438

Median home value

$69,300$112,100

Median gross rent

$591$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oppelo	Plumerville
Under 5	5.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	21.6%	20.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	5.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oppelo	Plumerville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oppelo	Plumerville
No high school diploma	6.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	51.8%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oppelo	Plumerville
Drove alone	89.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	19.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oppelo	Plumerville
1-unit, detached	79.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Oppelo	Plumerville
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1979	1975