Elaine vs Marvell

A side-by-side comparison of Elaine and Marvell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marvell has the higher population (1,008 vs 515 in Elaine). Marvell has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $39,226 in Elaine). Marvell has the higher median home value ($59,100 vs $55,800 in Elaine).

Population, income & housing

	Elaine	Marvell
Population	515	1,008
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,226	$49,000
Median home value	$55,800	$59,100
Median gross rent	$320	$691
Housing units	271	526
Homeownership rate	49.8%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	38.3%	26.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elaine	Marvell
Population	659 → 515 (-21.9%)	1,244 → 1,008 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $39,226 (+49.4%)	$30,556 → $49,000 (+60.4%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $55,800 (+48.8%)	$51,800 → $59,100 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$349 → $320 (-8.3%)	$612 → $691 (+12.9%)

Elaine

Population

659515

Median household income

$26,250$39,226

Median home value

$37,500$55,800

Median gross rent

$349$320

Marvell

Population

1,2441,008

Median household income

$30,556$49,000

Median home value

$51,800$59,100

Median gross rent

$612$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elaine	Marvell
Under 5	3.5%	11.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	18.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	1.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	17.7%
75 and over	8.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elaine	Marvell
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	25.5%
Black or African American	69.1%	62.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elaine	Marvell
No high school diploma	29.0%	17.7%
High school graduate	26.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elaine	Marvell
Drove alone	81.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elaine	Marvell
1-unit, detached	61.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Elaine	Marvell
Poverty rate	28.5%	27.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1978	1972