Batesville vs Newark

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

Batesville and Newark 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 1,522 in Newark). Batesville has the higher median household income ($54,424 vs $34,770 in Newark). Batesville has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $96,000 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Batesville	Newark
Population	11,385	1,522
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,424	$34,770
Median home value	$159,200	$96,000
Median gross rent	$821	$591
Housing units	4,905	642
Homeownership rate	50.1%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesville	Newark
Population	10,706 → 11,385 (+6.3%)	1,091 → 1,522 (+39.5%)
Median household income	$45,202 → $54,424 (+20.4%)	$33,098 → $34,770 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $159,200 (+27.8%)	$62,800 → $96,000 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $821 (+37.3%)	$577 → $591 (+2.4%)

Batesville

Population

10,70611,385

Median household income

$45,202$54,424

Median home value

$124,600$159,200

Median gross rent

$598$821

Newark

Population

1,0911,522

Median household income

$33,098$34,770

Median home value

$62,800$96,000

Median gross rent

$577$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesville	Newark
Under 5	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.0%
75 and over	9.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesville	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.8%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesville	Newark
No high school diploma	14.7%	26.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesville	Newark
Drove alone	79.0%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.4%
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%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesville	Newark
1-unit, detached	77.7%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Batesville	Newark
Poverty rate	24.4%	28.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1980	1983