Arkansas City vs Mitchellville

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

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

Arkansas City has the higher population (487 vs 240 in Mitchellville). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($40,729 vs $29,398 in Mitchellville). Arkansas City has the higher median home value ($89,600 vs $65,000 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
Population	487	240
Median age	46.1 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,729	$29,398
Median home value	$89,600	$65,000
Median gross rent	$619	$486
Housing units	269	148
Homeownership rate	77.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
Population	409 → 487 (+19.1%)	366 → 240 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $40,729 (+24.0%)	$17,375 → $29,398 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $89,600 (+49.3%)	$56,900 → $65,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $619 (+4.0%)	$438 → $486 (+11.0%)

Arkansas City

Population

409487

Median household income

$32,857$40,729

Median home value

$60,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$595$619

Mitchellville

Population

366240

Median household income

$17,375$29,398

Median home value

$56,900$65,000

Median gross rent

$438$486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	16.6%	12.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	21.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	28.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	19.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	0.8%
Black or African American	32.0%	99.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	18.5%	27.2%
High school graduate	58.9%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
Drove alone	93.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	27.5%	20.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1978	1981