Ravenden vs Walnut Ridge

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

Ravenden 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 448 in Ravenden). Walnut Ridge has the higher median household income ($47,612 vs $39,545 in Ravenden). Walnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $82,500 in Ravenden).

Population, income & housing

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
Population	448	5,440
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,545	$47,612
Median home value	$82,500	$104,500
Median gross rent	$760	$710
Housing units	223	2,394
Homeownership rate	67.4%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
Population	469 → 448 (-4.5%)	5,098 → 5,440 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$25,227 → $39,545 (+56.8%)	$41,172 → $47,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $82,500 (+6.5%)	$89,900 → $104,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $760 (+45.3%)	$586 → $710 (+21.2%)

Ravenden

Population

469448

Median household income

$25,227$39,545

Median home value

$77,500$82,500

Median gross rent

$523$760

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)

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
Under 5	2.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	15.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.6%
75 and over	6.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
No high school diploma	12.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	64.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
Drove alone	87.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	71.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ravenden	Walnut Ridge
Poverty rate	18.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1981	1976