Prescott vs Willisville

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

Prescott and Willisville 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 267 in Willisville). Willisville has the higher median household income ($49,448 vs $29,403 in Prescott). Since 2019, Prescott's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -1.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Willisville
Population	3,063	267
Median age	35.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,403	$49,448
Median home value	$95,100	—
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	1,497	144
Homeownership rate	31.9%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Willisville
Population	3,035 → 3,063 (+0.9%)	270 → 267 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$37,540 → $29,403 (-21.7%)	$40,545 → $49,448 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$62,300 → $95,100 (+52.6%)	$65,600 → $62,200 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $863 (+15.1%)	—

Prescott

Population

3,0353,063

Median household income

$37,540$29,403

Median home value

$62,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$750$863

Willisville

Population

270267

Median household income

$40,545$49,448

Median home value

$65,600$62,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prescott	Willisville
Under 5	7.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	16.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	25.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	24.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Willisville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	64.0%
Black or African American	38.9%	36.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Willisville
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	54.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Willisville
Drove alone	89.9%	55.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	45.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Willisville
1-unit, detached	74.7%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Willisville
Poverty rate	34.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.38	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1975	1966