Grady vs Star City

A side-by-side comparison of Grady and Star City: population, income, housing, and more.

Grady and Star City are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Star City has the higher population (2,234 vs 262 in Grady). Star City has the higher median household income ($52,039 vs $37,500 in Grady). Star City has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $51,900 in Grady).

Population, income & housing

	Grady	Star City
Population	262	2,234
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$52,039
Median home value	$51,900	$118,500
Median gross rent	$658	$782
Housing units	130	995
Homeownership rate	58.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grady	Star City
Population	305 → 262 (-14.1%)	1,628 → 2,234 (+37.2%)
Median household income	$16,646 → $37,500 (+125.3%)	$41,371 → $52,039 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$57,300 → $51,900 (-9.4%)	$81,600 → $118,500 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $658 (+8.9%)	$700 → $782 (+11.7%)

Grady

Population

305262

Median household income

$16,646$37,500

Median home value

$57,300$51,900

Median gross rent

$604$658

Star City

Population

1,6282,234

Median household income

$41,371$52,039

Median home value

$81,600$118,500

Median gross rent

$700$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grady	Star City
Under 5	20.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	2.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	12.3%
75 and over	14.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grady	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	72.0%
Black or African American	54.2%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grady	Star City
No high school diploma	26.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grady	Star City
Drove alone	98.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grady	Star City
1-unit, detached	73.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Grady	Star City
Poverty rate	20.2%	15.1%
Average household size	3.12	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1975	1977