Batesville vs Southside

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

Batesville and Southside 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 4,254 in Southside). Southside has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $54,424 in Batesville). Batesville has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $127,400 in Southside).

Population, income & housing

	Batesville	Southside
Population	11,385	4,254
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,424	$55,469
Median home value	$159,200	$127,400
Median gross rent	$821	$790
Housing units	4,905	1,487
Homeownership rate	50.1%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesville	Southside
Population	10,706 → 11,385 (+6.3%)	3,952 → 4,254 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$45,202 → $54,424 (+20.4%)	$35,379 → $55,469 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $159,200 (+27.8%)	$92,000 → $127,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $821 (+37.3%)	$774 → $790 (+2.1%)

Batesville

Population

10,70611,385

Median household income

$45,202$54,424

Median home value

$124,600$159,200

Median gross rent

$598$821

Southside

Population

3,9524,254

Median household income

$35,379$55,469

Median home value

$92,000$127,400

Median gross rent

$774$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesville	Southside
Under 5	6.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.8%
75 and over	9.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesville	Southside
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	77.4%
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%	5.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesville	Southside
No high school diploma	14.7%	13.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesville	Southside
Drove alone	79.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.6%
Other means	2.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesville	Southside
1-unit, detached	77.7%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Batesville	Southside
Poverty rate	24.4%	18.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1980	1986