Carlisle vs Keo

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Keo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (2,175 vs 313 in Keo). Keo has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $34,858 in Carlisle). Since 2019, Keo's population has grown faster (+82.0% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Keo
Population	2,175	313
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,858	$39,375
Median home value	$132,600	—
Median gross rent	$658	$905
Housing units	1,021	131
Homeownership rate	74.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Keo
Population	2,279 → 2,175 (-4.6%)	172 → 313 (+82.0%)
Median household income	$41,125 → $34,858 (-15.2%)	$31,250 → $39,375 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $132,600 (+51.0%)	$85,700 → $79,500 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $658 (-15.5%)	$817 → $905 (+10.8%)

Carlisle

Population

2,2792,175

Median household income

$41,125$34,858

Median home value

$87,800$132,600

Median gross rent

$779$658

Keo

Population

172313

Median household income

$31,250$39,375

Median home value

$85,700$79,500

Median gross rent

$817$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Keo
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	26.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.5%
75 and over	15.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Keo
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	49.5%
Black or African American	12.0%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Keo
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	50.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Keo
Drove alone	77.6%	52.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	13.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Keo
1-unit, detached	78.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Keo
Poverty rate	19.4%	21.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	51
Median year structure built	1978	1973