Arkansas City vs Watson

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

Arkansas City and Watson 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 190 in Watson). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($40,729 vs $35,417 in Watson). Arkansas City has the higher median home value ($89,600 vs $35,400 in Watson).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Watson
Population	487	190
Median age	46.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,729	$35,417
Median home value	$89,600	$35,400
Median gross rent	$619	—
Housing units	269	108
Homeownership rate	77.4%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Watson
Population	409 → 487 (+19.1%)	195 → 190 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $40,729 (+24.0%)	$32,813 → $35,417 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $89,600 (+49.3%)	$50,400 → $35,400 (-29.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $619 (+4.0%)	$708 → $685 (-3.2%)

Arkansas City

Population

409487

Median household income

$32,857$40,729

Median home value

$60,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$595$619

Watson

Population

195190

Median household income

$32,813$35,417

Median home value

$50,400$35,400

Median gross rent

$708$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Watson
Under 5	6.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	7.4%
18 to 24	16.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	3.7%
45 to 54	21.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	21.6%
75 and over	8.2%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	32.0%	12.1%
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	Watson
No high school diploma	18.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	58.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Watson
Drove alone	93.2%	95.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Watson
1-unit, detached	68.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Watson
Poverty rate	27.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1978	1974