Oil Trough vs Salado

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

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

Salado has the higher population (443 vs 281 in Oil Trough). Oil Trough has the higher median household income ($37,778 vs $36,789 in Salado). Since 2019, Oil Trough's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs -37.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Oil Trough	Salado
Population	281	443
Median age	19.5 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,778	$36,789
Median home value	$84,000	—
Housing units	116	197
Homeownership rate	76.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil Trough	Salado
Population	222 → 281 (+26.6%)	709 → 443 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $37,778 (-17.8%)	$32,778 → $36,789 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $84,000 (+21.0%)	$65,000 → $80,500 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $525 (-12.5%)	—

Oil Trough

Population

222281

Median household income

$45,938$37,778

Median home value

$69,400$84,000

Median gross rent

$600$525

Salado

Population

709443

Median household income

$32,778$36,789

Median home value

$65,000$80,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oil Trough	Salado
Under 5	27.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	47.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	3.9%	31.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	2.0%
45 to 54	3.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	4.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.6%
75 and over	11.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil Trough	Salado
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
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	33.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil Trough	Salado
No high school diploma	8.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	45.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil Trough	Salado
Drove alone	56.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	17.9%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil Trough	Salado
1-unit, detached	83.6%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Oil Trough	Salado
Poverty rate	49.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	4.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1970	1983