Atkins vs Pottsville

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

Atkins 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 2,877 in Atkins). Pottsville has the higher median household income ($66,761 vs $58,299 in Atkins). Pottsville has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $108,300 in Atkins).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Pottsville
Population	2,877	3,201
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,299	$66,761
Median home value	$108,300	$169,800
Median gross rent	$858	$820
Housing units	1,151	1,310
Homeownership rate	64.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Pottsville
Population	3,048 → 2,877 (-5.6%)	3,183 → 3,201 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $58,299 (+49.1%)	$47,546 → $66,761 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $108,300 (+36.9%)	$131,100 → $169,800 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $858 (+28.1%)	$697 → $820 (+17.6%)

Atkins

Population

3,0482,877

Median household income

$39,091$58,299

Median home value

$79,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$670$858

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)

	Atkins	Pottsville
Under 5	5.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.7%
75 and over	7.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Pottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Pottsville
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Pottsville
Drove alone	84.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Pottsville
1-unit, detached	78.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Pottsville
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1976	2003