Emmet vs Prescott

A side-by-side comparison of Emmet and Prescott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prescott has the higher population (3,063 vs 441 in Emmet). Emmet has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $29,403 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $66,900 in Emmet).

Population, income & housing

	Emmet	Prescott
Population	441	3,063
Median age	48.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$29,403
Median home value	$66,900	$95,100
Median gross rent	$525	$863
Housing units	189	1,497
Homeownership rate	78.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmet	Prescott
Population	618 → 441 (-28.6%)	3,035 → 3,063 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$51,518 → $58,750 (+14.0%)	$37,540 → $29,403 (-21.7%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $66,900 (+45.1%)	$62,300 → $95,100 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $525 (+19.9%)	$750 → $863 (+15.1%)

Emmet

Population

618441

Median household income

$51,518$58,750

Median home value

$46,100$66,900

Median gross rent

$438$525

Prescott

Population

3,0353,063

Median household income

$37,540$29,403

Median home value

$62,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$750$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmet	Prescott
Under 5	2.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	16.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.7%
75 and over	18.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmet	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	52.2%
Black or African American	20.2%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmet	Prescott
No high school diploma	17.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	52.5%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmet	Prescott
Drove alone	96.1%	89.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmet	Prescott
1-unit, detached	54.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Emmet	Prescott
Poverty rate	19.3%	34.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1977	1975