Caraway vs Monette

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

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

Monette has the higher population (1,385 vs 1,078 in Caraway). Monette has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $41,667 in Caraway). Monette has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $73,800 in Caraway).

Population, income & housing

	Caraway	Monette
Population	1,078	1,385
Median age	32.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	$54,063
Median home value	$73,800	$113,300
Median gross rent	$481	$542
Housing units	497	706
Homeownership rate	68.7%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caraway	Monette
Population	1,000 → 1,078 (+7.8%)	1,678 → 1,385 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$43,958 → $41,667 (-5.2%)	$43,611 → $54,063 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $73,800 (+51.2%)	$84,800 → $113,300 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $481 (-16.1%)	$492 → $542 (+10.2%)

Caraway

Population

1,0001,078

Median household income

$43,958$41,667

Median home value

$48,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$573$481

Monette

Population

1,6781,385

Median household income

$43,611$54,063

Median home value

$84,800$113,300

Median gross rent

$492$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caraway	Monette
Under 5	5.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.9%
75 and over	8.3%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caraway	Monette
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caraway	Monette
No high school diploma	19.6%	10.7%
High school graduate	49.2%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caraway	Monette
Drove alone	69.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	27.4%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caraway	Monette
1-unit, detached	76.3%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Caraway	Monette
Poverty rate	22.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1974	1975