Helena-West Helena vs Poplar Grove

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

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

Helena-West Helena has the higher population (9,218 vs 113 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($116,161 vs $32,466 in Helena-West Helena). Since 2019, Poplar Grove's population has grown faster (+175.6% vs -14.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
Population	9,218	113
Median age	39.4 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,466	$116,161
Median home value	$72,300	—
Median gross rent	$774	—
Housing units	5,082	57
Homeownership rate	46.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
Population	10,749 → 9,218 (-14.2%)	41 → 113 (+175.6%)
Median household income	$22,177 → $32,466 (+46.4%)	—
Median home value	$73,400 → $72,300 (-1.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$582 → $774 (+33.0%)	—

Helena-West Helena

Population

10,7499,218

Median household income

$22,177$32,466

Median home value

$73,400$72,300

Median gross rent

$582$774

Poplar Grove

Population

41113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	38.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	26.5%
75 and over	7.9%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	48.7%
Black or African American	73.5%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	17.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	73.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	70.8%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Helena-West Helena	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	32.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.52	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1972	1959