Elaine vs Poplar Grove

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

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

Elaine has the higher population (515 vs 113 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($116,161 vs $39,226 in Elaine). Since 2019, Poplar Grove's population has grown faster (+175.6% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
Population	515	113
Median age	41.4 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,226	$116,161
Median home value	$55,800	—
Median gross rent	$320	—
Housing units	271	57
Homeownership rate	49.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	38.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
Population	659 → 515 (-21.9%)	41 → 113 (+175.6%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $39,226 (+49.4%)	—
Median home value	$37,500 → $55,800 (+48.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$349 → $320 (-8.3%)	—

Elaine

Population

659515

Median household income

$26,250$39,226

Median home value

$37,500$55,800

Median gross rent

$349$320

Poplar Grove

Population

41113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	38.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	26.5%
75 and over	8.3%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	48.7%
Black or African American	69.1%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	29.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	81.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	61.6%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Elaine	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	28.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.19	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1978	1959