Conway vs Vilonia

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Vilonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway has the higher population (66,288 vs 4,405 in Vilonia). Vilonia has the higher median household income ($82,753 vs $58,461 in Conway). Conway has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $210,700 in Vilonia).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Vilonia
Population	66,288	4,405
Median age	29.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,461	$82,753
Median home value	$234,600	$210,700
Median gross rent	$986	$1,032
Housing units	28,605	1,759
Homeownership rate	44.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Vilonia
Population	66,127 → 66,288 (+0.2%)	4,469 → 4,405 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$47,221 → $58,461 (+23.8%)	$67,650 → $82,753 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $234,600 (+36.7%)	$161,900 → $210,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $986 (+19.5%)	$791 → $1,032 (+30.5%)

Conway

Population

66,12766,288

Median household income

$47,221$58,461

Median home value

$171,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$825$986

Vilonia

Population

4,4694,405

Median household income

$67,650$82,753

Median home value

$161,900$210,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Vilonia
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	21.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Vilonia
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Vilonia
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Vilonia
Drove alone	81.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Vilonia
1-unit, detached	57.1%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Vilonia
Poverty rate	18.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1997	2001