Emmet vs Rosston

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

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

Emmet has the higher population (441 vs 362 in Rosston). Rosston has the higher median household income ($69,191 vs $58,750 in Emmet). Emmet has the higher median home value ($66,900 vs $35,900 in Rosston).

Population, income & housing

	Emmet	Rosston
Population	441	362
Median age	48.1 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$69,191
Median home value	$66,900	$35,900
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	189	224
Homeownership rate	78.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmet	Rosston
Population	618 → 441 (-28.6%)	414 → 362 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$51,518 → $58,750 (+14.0%)	$27,150 → $69,191 (+154.8%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $66,900 (+45.1%)	$40,600 → $35,900 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $525 (+19.9%)	$525 → $817 (+55.6%)

Emmet

Population

618441

Median household income

$51,518$58,750

Median home value

$46,100$66,900

Median gross rent

$438$525

Rosston

Population

414362

Median household income

$27,150$69,191

Median home value

$40,600$35,900

Median gross rent

$525$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmet	Rosston
Under 5	2.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	7.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	18.5%
75 and over	18.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmet	Rosston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	19.6%
Black or African American	20.2%	80.1%
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	1.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmet	Rosston
No high school diploma	17.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	52.5%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmet	Rosston
Drove alone	96.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmet	Rosston
1-unit, detached	54.0%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	40.2%

Poverty & households

	Emmet	Rosston
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.94	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	1977	1993