Hoxie vs Walnut Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Hoxie and Walnut Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Ridge has the higher population (5,440 vs 2,623 in Hoxie). Walnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($47,612 vs $35,234 in Hoxie). Walnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $83,000 in Hoxie).

Population, income & housing

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
Population	2,623	5,440
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,234	$47,612
Median home value	$83,000	$104,500
Median gross rent	$821	$710
Housing units	1,323	2,394
Homeownership rate	55.2%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
Population	2,628 → 2,623 (-0.2%)	5,098 → 5,440 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$30,438 → $35,234 (+15.8%)	$41,172 → $47,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $83,000 (+18.9%)	$89,900 → $104,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $821 (+62.9%)	$586 → $710 (+21.2%)

Hoxie

Population

2,6282,623

Median household income

$30,438$35,234

Median home value

$69,800$83,000

Median gross rent

$504$821

Walnut Ridge

Population

5,0985,440

Median household income

$41,172$47,612

Median home value

$89,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$586$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	15.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
No high school diploma	18.0%	17.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
Drove alone	86.3%	88.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	83.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hoxie	Walnut Ridge
Poverty rate	18.0%	21.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1977	1976