Acorn vs Wickes

A side-by-side comparison of Acorn and Wickes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wickes has the higher population (895 vs 115 in Acorn). Acorn has the higher median household income ($91,759 vs $28,429 in Wickes). Since 2019, Wickes's population has grown faster (-13.4% vs -64.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Acorn	Wickes
Population	115	895
Median age	58.1 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,759	$28,429
Median home value	—	$70,900
Median gross rent	—	$577
Housing units	48	311
Homeownership rate	89.6%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acorn	Wickes
Population	324 → 115 (-64.5%)	1,033 → 895 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$86,354 → $91,759 (+6.3%)	$35,125 → $28,429 (-19.1%)
Median home value	—	$60,000 → $70,900 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$543 → $577 (+6.3%)

Acorn

Population

324115

Median household income

$86,354$91,759

Wickes

Population

1,033895

Median household income

$35,125$28,429

Median home value

$60,000$70,900

Median gross rent

$543$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acorn	Wickes
Under 5	13.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	53.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acorn	Wickes
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	38.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	23.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	61.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acorn	Wickes
No high school diploma	0.0%	32.0%
High school graduate	100.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acorn	Wickes
Drove alone	100.0%	57.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	36.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acorn	Wickes
1-unit, detached	89.6%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Acorn	Wickes
Poverty rate	21.7%	39.4%
Average household size	2.40	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	2004	1978