Arkansas City vs Reed

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

Arkansas City and Reed 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 140 in Reed). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($40,729 vs $25,833 in Reed). Since 2019, Arkansas City's population has grown faster (+19.1% vs -27.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Reed
Population	487	140
Median age	46.1 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,729	$25,833
Median home value	$89,600	—
Median gross rent	$619	$667
Housing units	269	80
Homeownership rate	77.4%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Reed
Population	409 → 487 (+19.1%)	193 → 140 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $40,729 (+24.0%)	$18,889 → $25,833 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $89,600 (+49.3%)	$44,400 → $69,500 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $619 (+4.0%)	$328 → $667 (+103.4%)

Arkansas City

Population

409487

Median household income

$32,857$40,729

Median home value

$60,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$595$619

Reed

Population

193140

Median household income

$18,889$25,833

Median home value

$44,400$69,500

Median gross rent

$328$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Reed
Under 5	6.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	5.0%
18 to 24	16.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	3.6%
45 to 54	21.8%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.9%
75 and over	8.2%	27.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Reed
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	32.0%	98.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Reed
No high school diploma	18.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	58.9%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Reed
Drove alone	93.2%	94.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Reed
1-unit, detached	68.4%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Reed
Poverty rate	27.5%	28.6%
Average household size	2.34	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1978	1982