Aplin vs Houston

A side-by-side comparison of Aplin and Houston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (218 vs 191 in Aplin). Aplin has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $51,250 in Houston). Aplin has the higher median home value ($197,500 vs $89,400 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Aplin	Houston
Population	191	218
Median age	36.6 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$51,250
Median home value	$197,500	$89,400
Median gross rent	—	$844
Housing units	80	103
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplin	Houston
Population	130 → 191 (+46.9%)	184 → 218 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$67,273 → $72,955 (+8.4%)	$52,679 → $51,250 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $197,500 (+7.5%)	$72,500 → $89,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $844 (+23.6%)

Aplin

Population

130191

Median household income

$67,273$72,955

Median home value

$183,800$197,500

Houston

Population

184218

Median household income

$52,679$51,250

Median home value

$72,500$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplin	Houston
Under 5	4.2%	14.7%
5 to 17	25.7%	26.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	45.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	4.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.7%
75 and over	12.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplin	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplin	Houston
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplin	Houston
Drove alone	94.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplin	Houston
1-unit, detached	81.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Aplin	Houston
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.9%
Average household size	3.98	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	2000	1981