Emmet vs Willisville

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

Emmet and Willisville 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 267 in Willisville). Emmet has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $49,448 in Willisville). Since 2019, Willisville's population has grown faster (-1.1% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Emmet	Willisville
Population	441	267
Median age	48.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$49,448
Median home value	$66,900	—
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	189	144
Homeownership rate	78.0%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmet	Willisville
Population	618 → 441 (-28.6%)	270 → 267 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$51,518 → $58,750 (+14.0%)	$40,545 → $49,448 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $66,900 (+45.1%)	$65,600 → $62,200 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $525 (+19.9%)	—

Emmet

Population

618441

Median household income

$51,518$58,750

Median home value

$46,100$66,900

Median gross rent

$438$525

Willisville

Population

270267

Median household income

$40,545$49,448

Median home value

$65,600$62,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmet	Willisville
Under 5	2.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	25.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	24.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.5%
75 and over	18.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmet	Willisville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	64.0%
Black or African American	20.2%	36.0%
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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmet	Willisville
No high school diploma	17.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	52.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmet	Willisville
Drove alone	96.1%	55.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	45.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmet	Willisville
1-unit, detached	54.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Emmet	Willisville
Poverty rate	19.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.94	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1977	1966