Caraway vs Egypt

A side-by-side comparison of Caraway and Egypt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caraway has the higher population (1,078 vs 64 in Egypt). Caraway has the higher median household income ($41,667 vs $29,583 in Egypt). Egypt has the higher median home value ($83,900 vs $73,800 in Caraway).

Population, income & housing

	Caraway	Egypt
Population	1,078	64
Median age	32.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	$29,583
Median home value	$73,800	$83,900
Median gross rent	$481	—
Housing units	497	40
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caraway	Egypt
Population	1,000 → 1,078 (+7.8%)	64 → 64 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$43,958 → $41,667 (-5.2%)	$26,406 → $29,583 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $73,800 (+51.2%)	$72,000 → $83,900 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $481 (-16.1%)	—

Caraway

Population

1,0001,078

Median household income

$43,958$41,667

Median home value

$48,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$573$481

Egypt

Population

6464

Median household income

$26,406$29,583

Median home value

$72,000$83,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caraway	Egypt
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.1%
75 and over	8.3%	28.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caraway	Egypt
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caraway	Egypt
No high school diploma	19.6%	24.1%
High school graduate	49.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caraway	Egypt
Drove alone	69.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	27.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caraway	Egypt
1-unit, detached	76.3%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Caraway	Egypt
Poverty rate	22.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1974	1965