Houston vs Perryville

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

Houston 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 218 in Houston). Perryville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $51,250 in Houston). Perryville has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $89,400 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Perryville
Population	218	1,303
Median age	25.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$59,531
Median home value	$89,400	$116,700
Median gross rent	$844	$589
Housing units	103	606
Homeownership rate	58.2%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Perryville
Population	184 → 218 (+18.5%)	1,445 → 1,303 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$52,679 → $51,250 (-2.7%)	$52,750 → $59,531 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $89,400 (+23.3%)	$86,300 → $116,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $844 (+23.6%)	$611 → $589 (-3.6%)

Houston

Population

184218

Median household income

$52,679$51,250

Median home value

$72,500$89,400

Median gross rent

$683$844

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)

	Houston	Perryville
Under 5	14.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	26.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.9%
75 and over	1.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	11.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Perryville
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Perryville
Drove alone	82.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.4%
Walked	7.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Perryville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Perryville
Poverty rate	22.9%	20.6%
Average household size	3.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1981	1985