Blytheville vs Leachville

A side-by-side comparison of Blytheville and Leachville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blytheville has the higher population (13,026 vs 1,818 in Leachville). Blytheville has the higher median household income ($49,928 vs $48,500 in Leachville). Leachville has the higher median home value ($115,800 vs $101,200 in Blytheville).

Population, income & housing

	Blytheville	Leachville
Population	13,026	1,818
Median age	39.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,928	$48,500
Median home value	$101,200	$115,800
Median gross rent	$789	$591
Housing units	7,085	922
Homeownership rate	53.7%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blytheville	Leachville
Population	14,011 → 13,026 (-7.0%)	2,952 → 1,818 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$38,765 → $49,928 (+28.8%)	$35,462 → $48,500 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $101,200 (+27.5%)	$70,500 → $115,800 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$518 → $591 (+14.1%)

Blytheville

Population

14,01113,026

Median household income

$38,765$49,928

Median home value

$79,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$639$789

Leachville

Population

2,9521,818

Median household income

$35,462$48,500

Median home value

$70,500$115,800

Median gross rent

$518$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blytheville	Leachville
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	23.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.9%
75 and over	6.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blytheville	Leachville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	70.3%
Black or African American	58.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blytheville	Leachville
No high school diploma	11.8%	25.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blytheville	Leachville
Drove alone	81.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	27.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blytheville	Leachville
1-unit, detached	63.9%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Blytheville	Leachville
Poverty rate	22.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	13	26
Median year structure built	1974	1979