Blytheville vs Manila

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

Blytheville and Manila 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 3,675 in Manila). Manila has the higher median household income ($65,691 vs $49,928 in Blytheville). Manila has the higher median home value ($150,300 vs $101,200 in Blytheville).

Population, income & housing

	Blytheville	Manila
Population	13,026	3,675
Median age	39.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,928	$65,691
Median home value	$101,200	$150,300
Median gross rent	$789	$834
Housing units	7,085	1,330
Homeownership rate	53.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blytheville	Manila
Population	14,011 → 13,026 (-7.0%)	3,371 → 3,675 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$38,765 → $49,928 (+28.8%)	$53,308 → $65,691 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $101,200 (+27.5%)	$127,000 → $150,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$567 → $834 (+47.1%)

Blytheville

Population

14,01113,026

Median household income

$38,765$49,928

Median home value

$79,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$639$789

Manila

Population

3,3713,675

Median household income

$53,308$65,691

Median home value

$127,000$150,300

Median gross rent

$567$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blytheville	Manila
Under 5	7.2%	14.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	21.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	4.4%
75 and over	6.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blytheville	Manila
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	58.2%	0.5%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blytheville	Manila
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	42.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blytheville	Manila
Drove alone	81.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blytheville	Manila
1-unit, detached	63.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Blytheville	Manila
Poverty rate	22.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.37	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	28
Median year structure built	1974	1982