Conway vs Wooster

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

Conway and Wooster 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 1,135 in Wooster). Wooster has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $58,461 in Conway). Wooster has the higher median home value ($292,900 vs $234,600 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Wooster
Population	66,288	1,135
Median age	29.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,461	$107,813
Median home value	$234,600	$292,900
Median gross rent	$986	$1,100
Housing units	28,605	387
Homeownership rate	44.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Wooster
Population	66,127 → 66,288 (+0.2%)	1,188 → 1,135 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$47,221 → $58,461 (+23.8%)	$78,214 → $107,813 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $234,600 (+36.7%)	$205,800 → $292,900 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $986 (+19.5%)	$725 → $1,100 (+51.7%)

Conway

Population

66,12766,288

Median household income

$47,221$58,461

Median home value

$171,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$825$986

Wooster

Population

1,1881,135

Median household income

$78,214$107,813

Median home value

$205,800$292,900

Median gross rent

$725$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Wooster
Under 5	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	33.5%
18 to 24	21.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	4.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.0%
75 and over	5.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	76.1%
Black or African American	18.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	6.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Wooster
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Wooster
Drove alone	81.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Wooster
1-unit, detached	57.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Wooster
Poverty rate	18.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.29	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1997	2003