Cove vs Mena

A side-by-side comparison of Cove and Mena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mena has the higher population (5,605 vs 359 in Cove). Mena has the higher median household income ($50,875 vs $26,172 in Cove). Mena has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $80,000 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	Mena
Population	359	5,605
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,172	$50,875
Median home value	$80,000	$114,200
Median gross rent	$574	$720
Housing units	201	2,712
Homeownership rate	60.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	Mena
Population	255 → 359 (+40.8%)	5,558 → 5,605 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$29,583 → $26,172 (-11.5%)	$35,300 → $50,875 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $80,000 (+7.7%)	$88,500 → $114,200 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $574 (+18.8%)	$660 → $720 (+9.1%)

Cove

Population

255359

Median household income

$29,583$26,172

Median home value

$74,300$80,000

Median gross rent

$483$574

Mena

Population

5,5585,605

Median household income

$35,300$50,875

Median home value

$88,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$660$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	Mena
Under 5	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	24.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.5%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	Mena
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	Mena
No high school diploma	18.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	Mena
Drove alone	74.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	20.6%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.1%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	Mena
1-unit, detached	58.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Cove	Mena
Poverty rate	36.2%	17.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	53	18
Median year structure built	1977	1980