Turrell vs West Memphis

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

Turrell 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 409 in Turrell). West Memphis has the higher median household income ($41,860 vs $35,833 in Turrell). West Memphis has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $46,100 in Turrell).

Population, income & housing

	Turrell	West Memphis
Population	409	24,147
Median age	31.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$41,860
Median home value	$46,100	$119,100
Median gross rent	$589	$847
Housing units	160	11,279
Homeownership rate	45.7%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	33.6%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turrell	West Memphis
Population	564 → 409 (-27.5%)	24,823 → 24,147 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$19,213 → $35,833 (+86.5%)	$33,103 → $41,860 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $46,100 (-21.9%)	$86,800 → $119,100 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $589 (+8.5%)	$707 → $847 (+19.8%)

Turrell

Population

564409

Median household income

$19,213$35,833

Median home value

$59,000$46,100

Median gross rent

$543$589

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)

	Turrell	West Memphis
Under 5	5.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	36.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.7%
75 and over	1.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turrell	West Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	29.0%
Black or African American	81.4%	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	11.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turrell	West Memphis
No high school diploma	20.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turrell	West Memphis
Drove alone	66.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	18.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turrell	West Memphis
1-unit, detached	80.0%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Turrell	West Memphis
Poverty rate	43.0%	27.0%
Average household size	3.53	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1993	1975