Fouke vs Texarkana

A side-by-side comparison of Fouke and Texarkana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Texarkana has the higher population (29,343 vs 685 in Fouke). Texarkana has the higher median household income ($47,930 vs $38,594 in Fouke). Texarkana has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $79,400 in Fouke).

Population, income & housing

	Fouke	Texarkana
Population	685	29,343
Median age	24.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,594	$47,930
Median home value	$79,400	$162,700
Median gross rent	$747	$893
Housing units	354	13,738
Homeownership rate	58.4%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fouke	Texarkana
Population	808 → 685 (-15.2%)	29,901 → 29,343 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$27,448 → $38,594 (+40.6%)	$39,622 → $47,930 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $79,400 (+10.6%)	$119,700 → $162,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $747 (+18.0%)	$739 → $893 (+20.8%)

Fouke

Population

808685

Median household income

$27,448$38,594

Median home value

$71,800$79,400

Median gross rent

$633$747

Texarkana

Population

29,90129,343

Median household income

$39,622$47,930

Median home value

$119,700$162,700

Median gross rent

$739$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fouke	Texarkana
Under 5	11.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	18.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	3.8%	10.1%
75 and over	6.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fouke	Texarkana
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	55.9%
Black or African American	3.4%	35.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fouke	Texarkana
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.1%
High school graduate	37.3%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fouke	Texarkana
Drove alone	75.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	16.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fouke	Texarkana
1-unit, detached	61.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	35.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Fouke	Texarkana
Poverty rate	28.8%	22.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1982	1978