Moorefield vs Oil Trough

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

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

Oil Trough has the higher population (281 vs 115 in Moorefield). Moorefield has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $37,778 in Oil Trough). Moorefield has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $84,000 in Oil Trough).

Population, income & housing

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
Population	115	281
Median age	48.8 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$37,778
Median home value	$200,000	$84,000
Median gross rent	$1,071	—
Housing units	70	116
Homeownership rate	74.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
Population	167 → 115 (-31.1%)	222 → 281 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $65,833 (+28.5%)	$45,938 → $37,778 (-17.8%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $200,000 (+84.7%)	$69,400 → $84,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,071 (+32.2%)	$600 → $525 (-12.5%)

Moorefield

Population

167115

Median household income

$51,250$65,833

Median home value

$108,300$200,000

Median gross rent

$810$1,071

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)

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
Under 5	0.0%	27.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	3.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	10.7%
75 and over	13.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	60.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	1.7%	33.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
Drove alone	89.8%	56.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	9.5%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
1-unit, detached	87.1%	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	12.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Moorefield	Oil Trough
Poverty rate	9.6%	49.1%
Average household size	1.85	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1975	1970