Mena vs Vandervoort

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

Mena and Vandervoort 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 219 in Vandervoort). Vandervoort has the higher median household income ($69,464 vs $50,875 in Mena). Mena has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $104,500 in Vandervoort).

Population, income & housing

	Mena	Vandervoort
Population	5,605	219
Median age	40.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,875	$69,464
Median home value	$114,200	$104,500
Median gross rent	$720	—
Housing units	2,712	76
Homeownership rate	76.3%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mena	Vandervoort
Population	5,558 → 5,605 (+0.8%)	143 → 219 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$35,300 → $50,875 (+44.1%)	$41,250 → $69,464 (+68.4%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $114,200 (+29.0%)	$45,800 → $104,500 (+128.2%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $720 (+9.1%)	—

Mena

Population

5,5585,605

Median household income

$35,300$50,875

Median home value

$88,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$660$720

Vandervoort

Population

143219

Median household income

$41,250$69,464

Median home value

$45,800$104,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mena	Vandervoort
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	26.0%
18 to 24	12.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	25.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	3.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	1.8%
75 and over	7.9%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mena	Vandervoort
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	19.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mena	Vandervoort
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mena	Vandervoort
Drove alone	80.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	13.7%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mena	Vandervoort
1-unit, detached	77.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Mena	Vandervoort
Poverty rate	17.5%	16.9%
Average household size	2.43	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1980	1988