Bigelow vs Perryville

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (1,303 vs 527 in Bigelow). Bigelow has the higher median household income ($71,042 vs $59,531 in Perryville). Bigelow has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $116,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Bigelow	Perryville
Population	527	1,303
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$59,531
Median home value	$155,400	$116,700
Median gross rent	$719	$589
Housing units	180	606
Homeownership rate	91.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bigelow	Perryville
Population	413 → 527 (+27.6%)	1,445 → 1,303 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $71,042 (-24.2%)	$52,750 → $59,531 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $155,400 (-18.0%)	$86,300 → $116,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $719 (-9.6%)	$611 → $589 (-3.6%)

Bigelow

Population

413527

Median household income

$93,750$71,042

Median home value

$189,600$155,400

Median gross rent

$795$719

Perryville

Population

1,4451,303

Median household income

$52,750$59,531

Median home value

$86,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$611$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bigelow	Perryville
Under 5	12.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	21.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	3.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bigelow	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bigelow	Perryville
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	56.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bigelow	Perryville
Drove alone	87.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bigelow	Perryville
1-unit, detached	78.9%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Bigelow	Perryville
Poverty rate	21.3%	20.6%
Average household size	3.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1984	1985