Appleton vs Hector

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton and Hector: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hector has the higher population (377 vs 145 in Appleton). Hector has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $42,212 in Appleton). Since 2019, Appleton's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Hector
Population	145	377
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$51,875
Median home value	—	$108,600
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	140	167
Homeownership rate	85.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Hector
Population	143 → 145 (+1.4%)	506 → 377 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $42,212 (+1.3%)	$50,179 → $51,875 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $198,100 (+21.9%)	$74,100 → $108,600 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$636 → $675 (+6.1%)

Appleton

Population

143145

Median household income

$41,667$42,212

Median home value

$162,500$198,100

Hector

Population

506377

Median household income

$50,179$51,875

Median home value

$74,100$108,600

Median gross rent

$636$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Hector
Under 5	13.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	29.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Hector
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
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	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Hector
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Hector
Drove alone	83.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Hector
1-unit, detached	74.3%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Hector
Poverty rate	23.4%	26.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	2002	1975