Alma vs Mulberry

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

Alma and Mulberry 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 1,573 in Mulberry). Alma has the higher median household income ($58,320 vs $47,596 in Mulberry). Alma has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $122,600 in Mulberry).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Mulberry
Population	5,879	1,573
Median age	27.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,320	$47,596
Median home value	$197,200	$122,600
Median gross rent	$992	$676
Housing units	2,207	814
Homeownership rate	45.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Mulberry
Population	5,742 → 5,879 (+2.4%)	1,599 → 1,573 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$40,983 → $58,320 (+42.3%)	$35,000 → $47,596 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $197,200 (+35.2%)	$72,900 → $122,600 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $992 (+61.3%)	$596 → $676 (+13.4%)

Alma

Population

5,7425,879

Median household income

$40,983$58,320

Median home value

$145,900$197,200

Median gross rent

$615$992

Mulberry

Population

1,5991,573

Median household income

$35,000$47,596

Median home value

$72,900$122,600

Median gross rent

$596$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Mulberry
Under 5	8.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	27.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	12.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.2%
75 and over	6.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Mulberry
No high school diploma	8.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Mulberry
Drove alone	89.3%	92.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	58.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	34.2%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Mulberry
Poverty rate	25.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.89	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1996	1975