Altus vs Denning

A side-by-side comparison of Altus and Denning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altus has the higher population (857 vs 296 in Denning). Altus has the higher median household income ($37,656 vs $36,591 in Denning). Altus has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $59,100 in Denning).

Population, income & housing

	Altus	Denning
Population	857	296
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$36,591
Median home value	$110,500	$59,100
Median gross rent	$657	$913
Housing units	363	121
Homeownership rate	71.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altus	Denning
Population	825 → 857 (+3.9%)	288 → 296 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$36,188 → $37,656 (+4.1%)	$32,500 → $36,591 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $110,500 (+11.8%)	$62,300 → $59,100 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $657 (+16.7%)	$458 → $913 (+99.3%)

Altus

Population

825857

Median household income

$36,188$37,656

Median home value

$98,800$110,500

Median gross rent

$563$657

Denning

Population

288296

Median household income

$32,500$36,591

Median home value

$62,300$59,100

Median gross rent

$458$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altus	Denning
Under 5	2.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	32.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	5.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.5%
75 and over	8.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altus	Denning
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	11.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altus	Denning
No high school diploma	19.2%	22.3%
High school graduate	39.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altus	Denning
Drove alone	79.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	18.3%
Public transit	10.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altus	Denning
1-unit, detached	76.9%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	42.1%

Poverty & households

	Altus	Denning
Poverty rate	31.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1971	1982