Imboden vs Walnut Ridge

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

Imboden 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 773 in Imboden). Walnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($47,612 vs $40,446 in Imboden). Walnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $85,300 in Imboden).

Population, income & housing

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
Population	773	5,440
Median age	30.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,446	$47,612
Median home value	$85,300	$104,500
Median gross rent	$600	$710
Housing units	303	2,394
Homeownership rate	60.4%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
Population	712 → 773 (+8.6%)	5,098 → 5,440 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$44,231 → $40,446 (-8.6%)	$41,172 → $47,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $85,300 (+16.4%)	$89,900 → $104,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $600 (+43.5%)	$586 → $710 (+21.2%)

Imboden

Population

712773

Median household income

$44,231$40,446

Median home value

$73,300$85,300

Median gross rent

$418$600

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)

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	14.6%	15.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.6%
75 and over	5.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	15.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
No high school diploma	6.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	62.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
Drove alone	73.3%	88.5%
Carpooled	24.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	76.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Imboden	Walnut Ridge
Poverty rate	16.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1972	1976