Des Arc vs Hazen

A side-by-side comparison of Des Arc and Hazen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazen has the higher population (1,960 vs 1,447 in Des Arc). Hazen has the higher median household income ($48,816 vs $31,328 in Des Arc). Hazen has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $86,800 in Des Arc).

Population, income & housing

	Des Arc	Hazen
Population	1,447	1,960
Median age	50.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,328	$48,816
Median home value	$86,800	$109,900
Median gross rent	$503	$889
Housing units	733	754
Homeownership rate	61.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Arc	Hazen
Population	1,580 → 1,447 (-8.4%)	1,370 → 1,960 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$34,387 → $31,328 (-8.9%)	$35,799 → $48,816 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $86,800 (+37.6%)	$77,200 → $109,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $503 (+11.8%)	$699 → $889 (+27.2%)

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

Hazen

Population

1,3701,960

Median household income

$35,799$48,816

Median home value

$77,200$109,900

Median gross rent

$699$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Arc	Hazen
Under 5	3.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	25.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.8%
75 and over	16.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Arc	Hazen
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	76.2%
Black or African American	14.3%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Arc	Hazen
No high school diploma	22.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	50.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Arc	Hazen
Drove alone	70.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	13.6%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Arc	Hazen
1-unit, detached	57.3%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Des Arc	Hazen
Poverty rate	15.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1975