Poyen vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Poyen and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheridan has the higher population (5,063 vs 390 in Poyen). Poyen has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $61,025 in Sheridan). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $109,600 in Poyen).

Population, income & housing

	Poyen	Sheridan
Population	390	5,063
Median age	34.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$61,025
Median home value	$109,600	$182,300
Median gross rent	$800	$757
Housing units	129	2,333
Homeownership rate	71.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poyen	Sheridan
Population	308 → 390 (+26.6%)	4,846 → 5,063 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$55,114 → $68,750 (+24.7%)	$53,253 → $61,025 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $109,600 (+41.4%)	$132,300 → $182,300 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $800 (-14.7%)	$719 → $757 (+5.3%)

Poyen

Population

308390

Median household income

$55,114$68,750

Median home value

$77,500$109,600

Median gross rent

$938$800

Sheridan

Population

4,8465,063

Median household income

$53,253$61,025

Median home value

$132,300$182,300

Median gross rent

$719$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poyen	Sheridan
Under 5	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.1%
75 and over	1.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poyen	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poyen	Sheridan
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poyen	Sheridan
Drove alone	86.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poyen	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	60.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Poyen	Sheridan
Poverty rate	7.2%	16.3%
Average household size	3.22	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1988	1985