Desha vs Oil Trough

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

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

Desha has the higher population (908 vs 281 in Oil Trough). Desha has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $37,778 in Oil Trough). Desha has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $84,000 in Oil Trough).

Population, income & housing

	Desha	Oil Trough
Population	908	281
Median age	51.7 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,768	$37,778
Median home value	$143,300	$84,000
Median gross rent	$702	—
Housing units	471	116
Homeownership rate	85.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha	Oil Trough
Population	1,130 → 908 (-19.6%)	222 → 281 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$83,177 → $77,768 (-6.5%)	$45,938 → $37,778 (-17.8%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $143,300 (+11.3%)	$69,400 → $84,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $702 (+7.2%)	$600 → $525 (-12.5%)

Desha

Population

1,130908

Median household income

$83,177$77,768

Median home value

$128,700$143,300

Median gross rent

$655$702

Oil Trough

Population

222281

Median household income

$45,938$37,778

Median home value

$69,400$84,000

Median gross rent

$600$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desha	Oil Trough
Under 5	6.2%	27.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	3.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.7%
75 and over	12.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha	Oil Trough
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	60.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	33.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha	Oil Trough
No high school diploma	20.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	44.0%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha	Oil Trough
Drove alone	100.0%	56.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha	Oil Trough
1-unit, detached	80.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Desha	Oil Trough
Poverty rate	11.1%	49.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	49	20
Median year structure built	1978	1970