Batesville vs Desha

A side-by-side comparison of Batesville and Desha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Batesville has the higher population (11,385 vs 908 in Desha). Desha has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $54,424 in Batesville). Batesville has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $143,300 in Desha).

Population, income & housing

	Batesville	Desha
Population	11,385	908
Median age	35.7 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,424	$77,768
Median home value	$159,200	$143,300
Median gross rent	$821	$702
Housing units	4,905	471
Homeownership rate	50.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesville	Desha
Population	10,706 → 11,385 (+6.3%)	1,130 → 908 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$45,202 → $54,424 (+20.4%)	$83,177 → $77,768 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $159,200 (+27.8%)	$128,700 → $143,300 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $821 (+37.3%)	$655 → $702 (+7.2%)

Batesville

Population

10,70611,385

Median household income

$45,202$54,424

Median home value

$124,600$159,200

Median gross rent

$598$821

Desha

Population

1,130908

Median household income

$83,177$77,768

Median home value

$128,700$143,300

Median gross rent

$655$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesville	Desha
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesville	Desha
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesville	Desha
No high school diploma	14.7%	20.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesville	Desha
Drove alone	79.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesville	Desha
1-unit, detached	77.7%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Batesville	Desha
Poverty rate	24.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	12	49
Median year structure built	1980	1978