Crawfordsville vs West Memphis

A side-by-side comparison of Crawfordsville and West Memphis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Memphis has the higher population (24,147 vs 476 in Crawfordsville). Crawfordsville has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $41,860 in West Memphis). Crawfordsville has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $119,100 in West Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
Population	476	24,147
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$41,860
Median home value	$134,100	$119,100
Median gross rent	$772	$847
Housing units	204	11,279
Homeownership rate	84.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
Population	507 → 476 (-6.1%)	24,823 → 24,147 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $70,000 (+19.8%)	$33,103 → $41,860 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $134,100 (+14.1%)	$86,800 → $119,100 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $772 (+63.9%)	$707 → $847 (+19.8%)

Crawfordsville

Population

507476

Median household income

$58,438$70,000

Median home value

$117,500$134,100

Median gross rent

$471$772

West Memphis

Population

24,82324,147

Median household income

$33,103$41,860

Median home value

$86,800$119,100

Median gross rent

$707$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
Under 5	5.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	8.7%
75 and over	9.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	29.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	63.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	13.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
No high school diploma	23.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
Drove alone	87.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
1-unit, detached	77.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Crawfordsville	West Memphis
Poverty rate	3.4%	27.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1964	1975