Alma vs Cedarville

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Cedarville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alma has the higher population (5,879 vs 1,750 in Cedarville). Alma has the higher median household income ($58,320 vs $54,821 in Cedarville). Alma has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $158,100 in Cedarville).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Cedarville
Population	5,879	1,750
Median age	27.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,320	$54,821
Median home value	$197,200	$158,100
Median gross rent	$992	$1,082
Housing units	2,207	707
Homeownership rate	45.6%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Cedarville
Population	5,742 → 5,879 (+2.4%)	1,332 → 1,750 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$40,983 → $58,320 (+42.3%)	$37,778 → $54,821 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $197,200 (+35.2%)	$110,000 → $158,100 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $992 (+61.3%)	$918 → $1,082 (+17.9%)

Alma

Population

5,7425,879

Median household income

$40,983$58,320

Median home value

$145,900$197,200

Median gross rent

$615$992

Cedarville

Population

1,3321,750

Median household income

$37,778$54,821

Median home value

$110,000$158,100

Median gross rent

$918$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Cedarville
Under 5	8.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	27.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.1%
75 and over	6.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Cedarville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Cedarville
No high school diploma	8.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Cedarville
Drove alone	89.3%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Cedarville
1-unit, detached	58.9%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	34.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Cedarville
Poverty rate	25.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1996	1992