Huntsville vs Wesley

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and Wesley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntsville has the higher population (3,086 vs 491 in Wesley). Wesley has the higher median household income ($79,179 vs $52,472 in Huntsville). Wesley has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $146,300 in Huntsville).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	Wesley
Population	3,086	491
Median age	34.4 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,472	$79,179
Median home value	$146,300	$185,500
Median gross rent	$591	—
Housing units	1,234	148
Homeownership rate	60.8%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	Wesley
Population	2,513 → 3,086 (+22.8%)	482 → 491 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $52,472 (+53.6%)	$57,411 → $79,179 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $146,300 (+40.1%)	$111,600 → $185,500 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $591 (-1.8%)	—

Huntsville

Population

2,5133,086

Median household income

$34,167$52,472

Median home value

$104,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$602$591

Wesley

Population

482491

Median household income

$57,411$79,179

Median home value

$111,600$185,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	Wesley
Under 5	8.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	28.6%	36.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	0.0%
75 and over	9.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	Wesley
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	Wesley
No high school diploma	17.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.8%	77.6%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	Wesley
Drove alone	84.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	Wesley
1-unit, detached	81.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	Wesley
Poverty rate	20.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.85	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1980	2002