Jerome vs Wilmar

A side-by-side comparison of Jerome and Wilmar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilmar has the higher population (605 vs 57 in Jerome). Jerome has the higher median household income ($130,938 vs $21,532 in Wilmar). Wilmar has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $9,999 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Wilmar
Population	57	605
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$130,938	$21,532
Median home value	$9,999	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$953
Housing units	28	327
Homeownership rate	90.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Wilmar
Population	43 → 57 (+32.6%)	300 → 605 (+101.7%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $130,938 (+157.1%)	$38,750 → $21,532 (-44.4%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $9,999 (-74.2%)	$65,400 → $101,700 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$531 → $953 (+79.5%)

Jerome

Population

4357

Median household income

$50,938$130,938

Median home value

$38,800$9,999

Wilmar

Population

300605

Median household income

$38,750$21,532

Median home value

$65,400$101,700

Median gross rent

$531$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerome	Wilmar
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	1.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	35.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	1.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	31.6%	14.4%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Wilmar
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	30.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.8%
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	33.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Wilmar
No high school diploma	12.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	56.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Wilmar
Drove alone	58.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	41.7%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Wilmar
1-unit, detached	82.1%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Wilmar
Poverty rate	5.3%	30.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1972	1975