Bigelow vs Houston

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

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

Bigelow has the higher population (527 vs 218 in Houston). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($71,042 vs $51,250 in Houston). Bigelow has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $89,400 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Houston
Population	527	218
Median age	34.4 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$51,250
Median home value	$155,400	$89,400
Median gross rent	$719	$844
Housing units	180	103
Homeownership rate	91.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Houston
Population	413 → 527 (+27.6%)	184 → 218 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $71,042 (-24.2%)	$52,679 → $51,250 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $155,400 (-18.0%)	$72,500 → $89,400 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $719 (-9.6%)	$683 → $844 (+23.6%)

Bigelow

Population

413527

Median household income

$93,750$71,042

Median home value

$189,600$155,400

Median gross rent

$795$719

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)

	Bigelow	Houston
Under 5	12.1%	14.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	21.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.7%
75 and over	3.8%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Houston
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	56.4%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Houston
Drove alone	87.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Houston
1-unit, detached	78.9%	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	21.1%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Houston
Poverty rate	21.3%	22.9%
Average household size	3.49	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1984	1981