Mount Ida vs Norman

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Ida and Norman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Ida has the higher population (1,358 vs 324 in Norman). Norman has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $43,114 in Mount Ida). Mount Ida has the higher median home value ($157,900 vs $92,000 in Norman).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Ida	Norman
Population	1,358	324
Median age	49.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,114	$70,000
Median home value	$157,900	$92,000
Median gross rent	$709	$721
Housing units	701	174
Homeownership rate	52.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Ida	Norman
Population	1,101 → 1,358 (+23.3%)	423 → 324 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $43,114 (+10.3%)	$27,500 → $70,000 (+154.5%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $157,900 (+62.4%)	$65,300 → $92,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $709 (+31.8%)	$573 → $721 (+25.8%)

Mount Ida

Population

1,1011,358

Median household income

$39,091$43,114

Median home value

$97,200$157,900

Median gross rent

$538$709

Norman

Population

423324

Median household income

$27,500$70,000

Median home value

$65,300$92,000

Median gross rent

$573$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Ida	Norman
Under 5	7.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	21.2%	13.3%
75 and over	10.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Ida	Norman
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Ida	Norman
No high school diploma	18.2%	25.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Ida	Norman
Drove alone	84.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Ida	Norman
1-unit, detached	72.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Ida	Norman
Poverty rate	26.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1975	1972