Desha vs Southside

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

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

Southside has the higher population (4,254 vs 908 in Desha). Desha has the higher median household income ($77,768 vs $55,469 in Southside). Desha has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $127,400 in Southside).

Population, income & housing

	Desha	Southside
Population	908	4,254
Median age	51.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,768	$55,469
Median home value	$143,300	$127,400
Median gross rent	$702	$790
Housing units	471	1,487
Homeownership rate	85.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha	Southside
Population	1,130 → 908 (-19.6%)	3,952 → 4,254 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$83,177 → $77,768 (-6.5%)	$35,379 → $55,469 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $143,300 (+11.3%)	$92,000 → $127,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $702 (+7.2%)	$774 → $790 (+2.1%)

Desha

Population

1,130908

Median household income

$83,177$77,768

Median home value

$128,700$143,300

Median gross rent

$655$702

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)

	Desha	Southside
Under 5	6.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.8%
75 and over	12.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha	Southside
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha	Southside
No high school diploma	20.8%	13.6%
High school graduate	44.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha	Southside
Drove alone	100.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha	Southside
1-unit, detached	80.9%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Desha	Southside
Poverty rate	11.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	49	19
Median year structure built	1978	1986