Atkins vs Russellville

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

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

Russellville has the higher population (29,057 vs 2,877 in Atkins). Atkins has the higher median household income ($58,299 vs $48,708 in Russellville). Russellville has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $108,300 in Atkins).

Population, income & housing

	Atkins	Russellville
Population	2,877	29,057
Median age	37.6 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,299	$48,708
Median home value	$108,300	$166,500
Median gross rent	$858	$835
Housing units	1,151	11,917
Homeownership rate	64.3%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkins	Russellville
Population	3,048 → 2,877 (-5.6%)	29,193 → 29,057 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $58,299 (+49.1%)	$36,562 → $48,708 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $108,300 (+36.9%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $858 (+28.1%)	$675 → $835 (+23.7%)

Atkins

Population

3,0482,877

Median household income

$39,091$58,299

Median home value

$79,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$670$858

Russellville

Population

29,19329,057

Median household income

$36,562$48,708

Median home value

$128,300$166,500

Median gross rent

$675$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkins	Russellville
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	19.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkins	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	69.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkins	Russellville
No high school diploma	11.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkins	Russellville
Drove alone	84.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkins	Russellville
1-unit, detached	78.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Atkins	Russellville
Poverty rate	14.6%	20.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1976	1985