Earle vs West Memphis

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

Earle 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 1,421 in Earle). West Memphis has the higher median household income ($41,860 vs $26,985 in Earle). West Memphis has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $93,300 in Earle).

Population, income & housing

	Earle	West Memphis
Population	1,421	24,147
Median age	36.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,985	$41,860
Median home value	$93,300	$119,100
Median gross rent	$591	$847
Housing units	816	11,279
Homeownership rate	36.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earle	West Memphis
Population	2,190 → 1,421 (-35.1%)	24,823 → 24,147 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$34,063 → $26,985 (-20.8%)	$33,103 → $41,860 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $93,300 (+46.9%)	$86,800 → $119,100 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $591 (-12.7%)	$707 → $847 (+19.8%)

Earle

Population

2,1901,421

Median household income

$34,063$26,985

Median home value

$63,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$677$591

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)

	Earle	West Memphis
Under 5	9.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.7%
75 and over	2.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earle	West Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	29.0%
Black or African American	74.5%	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	14.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earle	West Memphis
No high school diploma	31.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earle	West Memphis
Drove alone	49.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	43.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earle	West Memphis
1-unit, detached	69.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Earle	West Memphis
Poverty rate	45.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1971	1975