Hickory Ridge vs Parkin

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory Ridge and Parkin: population, income, housing, and more.

Hickory Ridge 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 302 in Hickory Ridge). Hickory Ridge has the higher median household income ($45,500 vs $25,588 in Parkin). Hickory Ridge has the higher median home value ($51,000 vs $36,700 in Parkin).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
Population	302	702
Median age	54.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$25,588
Median home value	$51,000	$36,700
Median gross rent	$765	$567
Housing units	122	503
Homeownership rate	62.7%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	0.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
Population	232 → 302 (+30.2%)	673 → 702 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $45,500 (+30.0%)	$27,625 → $25,588 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $51,000 (+7.1%)	$48,700 → $36,700 (-24.6%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $765 (+67.0%)	$447 → $567 (+26.8%)

Hickory Ridge

Population

232302

Median household income

$35,000$45,500

Median home value

$47,600$51,000

Median gross rent

$458$765

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)

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
Under 5	11.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.7%	13.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	16.2%	18.5%
75 and over	10.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	29.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	59.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
No high school diploma	19.6%	43.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
Drove alone	94.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
1-unit, detached	87.7%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Hickory Ridge	Parkin
Poverty rate	33.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1970	1974