Mount Ida vs Oden

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

Mount Ida and Oden 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 312 in Oden). Oden has the higher median household income ($43,250 vs $43,114 in Mount Ida). Mount Ida has the higher median home value ($157,900 vs $68,200 in Oden).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Ida	Oden
Population	1,358	312
Median age	49.8 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,114	$43,250
Median home value	$157,900	$68,200
Median gross rent	$709	—
Housing units	701	145
Homeownership rate	52.2%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Ida	Oden
Population	1,101 → 1,358 (+23.3%)	153 → 312 (+103.9%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $43,114 (+10.3%)	$66,250 → $43,250 (-34.7%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $157,900 (+62.4%)	$78,300 → $68,200 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $709 (+31.8%)	$825 → $678 (-17.8%)

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

Oden

Population

153312

Median household income

$66,250$43,250

Median home value

$78,300$68,200

Median gross rent

$825$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Ida	Oden
Under 5	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	38.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	21.2%	15.4%
75 and over	10.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Ida	Oden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	98.1%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Ida	Oden
No high school diploma	18.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Ida	Oden
Drove alone	84.3%	87.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Ida	Oden
1-unit, detached	72.5%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Ida	Oden
Poverty rate	26.2%	31.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1975	1985