Cherry Valley vs Parkin

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Parkin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkin has the higher population (702 vs 661 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median household income ($40,156 vs $25,588 in Parkin). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($79,100 vs $36,700 in Parkin).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
Population	661	702
Median age	39.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,156	$25,588
Median home value	$79,100	$36,700
Median gross rent	$875	$567
Housing units	283	503
Homeownership rate	64.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	0.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
Population	792 → 661 (-16.5%)	673 → 702 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $40,156 (-4.4%)	$27,625 → $25,588 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $79,100 (+17.2%)	$48,700 → $36,700 (-24.6%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $875 (+6.3%)	$447 → $567 (+26.8%)

Cherry Valley

Population

792661

Median household income

$42,000$40,156

Median home value

$67,500$79,100

Median gross rent

$823$875

Parkin

Population

673702

Median household income

$27,625$25,588

Median home value

$48,700$36,700

Median gross rent

$447$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
Under 5	3.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	18.5%
75 and over	3.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	29.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	59.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
No high school diploma	15.7%	43.1%
High school graduate	55.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
Drove alone	70.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	19.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
1-unit, detached	64.7%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Parkin
Poverty rate	11.2%	20.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1975	1974