Des Arc vs Fredonia (Biscoe)

A side-by-side comparison of Des Arc and Fredonia (Biscoe): population, income, housing, and more.

Des Arc and Fredonia (Biscoe) are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Des Arc has the higher population (1,447 vs 197 in Fredonia (Biscoe)). Fredonia (Biscoe) has the higher median household income ($38,125 vs $31,328 in Des Arc). Des Arc has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $64,300 in Fredonia (Biscoe)).

Population, income & housing

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
Population	1,447	197
Median age	50.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,328	$38,125
Median home value	$86,800	$64,300
Median gross rent	$503	—
Housing units	733	101
Homeownership rate	61.8%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
Population	1,580 → 1,447 (-8.4%)	300 → 197 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$34,387 → $31,328 (-8.9%)	$52,500 → $38,125 (-27.4%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $86,800 (+37.6%)	$32,200 → $64,300 (+99.7%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $503 (+11.8%)	$386 → $585 (+51.6%)

Des Arc

Population

1,5801,447

Median household income

$34,387$31,328

Median home value

$63,100$86,800

Median gross rent

$450$503

Fredonia (Biscoe)

Population

300197

Median household income

$52,500$38,125

Median home value

$32,200$64,300

Median gross rent

$386$585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
Under 5	3.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	19.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	4.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.6%
75 and over	16.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	75.6%
Black or African American	14.3%	19.3%
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	8.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
No high school diploma	22.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.8%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
Drove alone	70.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
1-unit, detached	57.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Des Arc	Fredonia (Biscoe)
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1977	1980