Delight vs Kirby

A side-by-side comparison of Delight and Kirby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kirby has the higher population (582 vs 316 in Delight). Kirby has the higher median household income ($77,955 vs $32,396 in Delight). Kirby has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $57,100 in Delight).

Population, income & housing

	Delight	Kirby
Population	316	582
Median age	47.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,396	$77,955
Median home value	$57,100	$111,200
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	202	270
Homeownership rate	73.2%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delight	Kirby
Population	344 → 316 (-8.1%)	878 → 582 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$26,776 → $32,396 (+21.0%)	$67,708 → $77,955 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $57,100 (+0.2%)	$89,200 → $111,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $631 (-5.4%)	—

Delight

Population

344316

Median household income

$26,776$32,396

Median home value

$57,000$57,100

Median gross rent

$667$631

Kirby

Population

878582

Median household income

$67,708$77,955

Median home value

$89,200$111,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delight	Kirby
Under 5	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	12.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	13.1%
75 and over	14.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delight	Kirby
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	7.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delight	Kirby
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delight	Kirby
Drove alone	74.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	20.3%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delight	Kirby
1-unit, detached	83.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Delight	Kirby
Poverty rate	25.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1961	1979