Deer vs Western Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Deer and Western Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Western Grove has the higher population (424 vs 147 in Deer). Deer has the higher median household income ($44,208 vs $40,625 in Western Grove). Since 2019, Western Grove's population has grown faster (-27.8% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer	Western Grove
Population	147	424
Median age	64.3 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,208	$40,625
Median home value	—	$136,800
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	73	203
Homeownership rate	57.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer	Western Grove
Population	278 → 147 (-47.1%)	587 → 424 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$56,094 → $44,208 (-21.2%)	$32,273 → $40,625 (+25.9%)
Median home value	—	$71,300 → $136,800 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$490 → $575 (+17.3%)

Deer

Population

278147

Median household income

$56,094$44,208

Western Grove

Population

587424

Median household income

$32,273$40,625

Median home value

$71,300$136,800

Median gross rent

$490$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer	Western Grove
Under 5	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	25.9%	6.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.9%
75 and over	38.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer	Western Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer	Western Grove
No high school diploma	21.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer	Western Grove
Drove alone	100.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer	Western Grove
1-unit, detached	84.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Deer	Western Grove
Poverty rate	10.9%	31.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1994	1974