Blytheville vs Wilson

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

Blytheville and Wilson 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 1,103 in Wilson). Wilson has the higher median household income ($76,065 vs $49,928 in Blytheville). Wilson has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $101,200 in Blytheville).

Population, income & housing

	Blytheville	Wilson
Population	13,026	1,103
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,928	$76,065
Median home value	$101,200	$135,900
Median gross rent	$789	$825
Housing units	7,085	531
Homeownership rate	53.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blytheville	Wilson
Population	14,011 → 13,026 (-7.0%)	1,017 → 1,103 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$38,765 → $49,928 (+28.8%)	$61,875 → $76,065 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $101,200 (+27.5%)	$91,700 → $135,900 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$573 → $825 (+44.0%)

Blytheville

Population

14,01113,026

Median household income

$38,765$49,928

Median home value

$79,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$639$789

Wilson

Population

1,0171,103

Median household income

$61,875$76,065

Median home value

$91,700$135,900

Median gross rent

$573$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blytheville	Wilson
Under 5	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.5%
75 and over	6.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blytheville	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	79.1%
Black or African American	58.2%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blytheville	Wilson
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	42.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blytheville	Wilson
Drove alone	81.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	13.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blytheville	Wilson
1-unit, detached	63.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Blytheville	Wilson
Poverty rate	22.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1974	1979