Blytheville vs Osceola

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

Blytheville and Osceola 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 6,807 in Osceola). Blytheville has the higher median household income ($49,928 vs $40,783 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $101,200 in Blytheville).

Population, income & housing

	Blytheville	Osceola
Population	13,026	6,807
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,928	$40,783
Median home value	$101,200	$108,700
Median gross rent	$789	$832
Housing units	7,085	3,224
Homeownership rate	53.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blytheville	Osceola
Population	14,011 → 13,026 (-7.0%)	6,908 → 6,807 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$38,765 → $49,928 (+28.8%)	$31,436 → $40,783 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $101,200 (+27.5%)	$81,200 → $108,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$640 → $832 (+30.0%)

Blytheville

Population

14,01113,026

Median household income

$38,765$49,928

Median home value

$79,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$639$789

Osceola

Population

6,9086,807

Median household income

$31,436$40,783

Median home value

$81,200$108,700

Median gross rent

$640$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blytheville	Osceola
Under 5	7.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	15.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.9%
75 and over	6.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blytheville	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	31.7%
Black or African American	58.2%	56.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blytheville	Osceola
No high school diploma	11.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blytheville	Osceola
Drove alone	81.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	19.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blytheville	Osceola
1-unit, detached	63.9%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	29.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Blytheville	Osceola
Poverty rate	22.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1974	1978