Marmaduke vs Paragould

A side-by-side comparison of Marmaduke and Paragould: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paragould has the higher population (29,940 vs 1,369 in Marmaduke). Paragould has the higher median household income ($56,181 vs $50,824 in Marmaduke). Paragould has the higher median home value ($175,400 vs $111,000 in Marmaduke).

Population, income & housing

	Marmaduke	Paragould
Population	1,369	29,940
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,824	$56,181
Median home value	$111,000	$175,400
Median gross rent	$721	$883
Housing units	659	12,485
Homeownership rate	49.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marmaduke	Paragould
Population	1,226 → 1,369 (+11.7%)	28,568 → 29,940 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$43,047 → $50,824 (+18.1%)	$45,841 → $56,181 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $111,000 (+57.2%)	$129,100 → $175,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $721 (+2.4%)	$716 → $883 (+23.3%)

Marmaduke

Population

1,2261,369

Median household income

$43,047$50,824

Median home value

$70,600$111,000

Median gross rent

$704$721

Paragould

Population

28,56829,940

Median household income

$45,841$56,181

Median home value

$129,100$175,400

Median gross rent

$716$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marmaduke	Paragould
Under 5	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marmaduke	Paragould
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marmaduke	Paragould
No high school diploma	22.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	49.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marmaduke	Paragould
Drove alone	84.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marmaduke	Paragould
1-unit, detached	57.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Marmaduke	Paragould
Poverty rate	23.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1980	1990