Arkansas City vs McGehee

A side-by-side comparison of Arkansas City and McGehee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McGehee has the higher population (3,744 vs 487 in Arkansas City). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($40,729 vs $33,679 in McGehee). McGehee has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $89,600 in Arkansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	McGehee
Population	487	3,744
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,729	$33,679
Median home value	$89,600	$93,000
Median gross rent	$619	$695
Housing units	269	1,838
Homeownership rate	77.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	McGehee
Population	409 → 487 (+19.1%)	3,796 → 3,744 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $40,729 (+24.0%)	$27,936 → $33,679 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $89,600 (+49.3%)	$85,400 → $93,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $619 (+4.0%)	$466 → $695 (+49.1%)

Arkansas City

Population

409487

Median household income

$32,857$40,729

Median home value

$60,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$595$619

McGehee

Population

3,7963,744

Median household income

$27,936$33,679

Median home value

$85,400$93,000

Median gross rent

$466$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	McGehee
Under 5	6.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	16.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	21.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.7%
75 and over	8.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	McGehee
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	42.4%
Black or African American	32.0%	45.3%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	McGehee
No high school diploma	18.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	58.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	McGehee
Drove alone	93.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	McGehee
1-unit, detached	68.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	McGehee
Poverty rate	27.5%	36.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1978	1972