Coal Hill vs Knoxville

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Hill and Knoxville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal Hill has the higher population (856 vs 621 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($46,806 vs $36,957 in Coal Hill). Coal Hill has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $99,500 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
Population	856	621
Median age	49.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,957	$46,806
Median home value	$104,000	$99,500
Median gross rent	$499	$822
Housing units	364	331
Homeownership rate	65.2%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
Population	1,247 → 856 (-31.4%)	833 → 621 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $36,957 (+4.5%)	$40,917 → $46,806 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $104,000 (+33.2%)	$97,300 → $99,500 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$397 → $499 (+25.7%)	$725 → $822 (+13.4%)

Coal Hill

Population

1,247856

Median household income

$35,357$36,957

Median home value

$78,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$397$499

Knoxville

Population

833621

Median household income

$40,917$46,806

Median home value

$97,300$99,500

Median gross rent

$725$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
Under 5	2.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
No high school diploma	24.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	52.6%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
Drove alone	86.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	68.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Coal Hill	Knoxville
Poverty rate	27.0%	23.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1975	1984