Appleton vs Pottsville

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

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

Pottsville has the higher population (3,201 vs 145 in Appleton). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($66,761 vs $42,212 in Appleton). Since 2019, Appleton's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs +0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Pottsville
Population	145	3,201
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$66,761
Median home value	—	$169,800
Median gross rent	—	$820
Housing units	140	1,310
Homeownership rate	85.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Pottsville
Population	143 → 145 (+1.4%)	3,183 → 3,201 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $42,212 (+1.3%)	$47,546 → $66,761 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $198,100 (+21.9%)	$131,100 → $169,800 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$697 → $820 (+17.6%)

Appleton

Population

143145

Median household income

$41,667$42,212

Median home value

$162,500$198,100

Pottsville

Population

3,1833,201

Median household income

$47,546$66,761

Median home value

$131,100$169,800

Median gross rent

$697$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Pottsville
Under 5	13.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	29.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Pottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Pottsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	47.1%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Pottsville
Drove alone	83.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	16.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Pottsville
1-unit, detached	74.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Pottsville
Poverty rate	23.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	2002	2003