College Station vs Natural Steps

A side-by-side comparison of College Station and Natural Steps: population, income, housing, and more.

College Station and Natural Steps are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Natural Steps has the higher population (686 vs 326 in College Station). Since 2019, Natural Steps's population has grown faster (-0.9% vs -32.8%).

Population, income & housing

	College Station	Natural Steps
Population	326	686
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$151,944
Median home value	—	$443,900
Housing units	230	327
Homeownership rate	0.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Station	Natural Steps
Population	485 → 326 (-32.8%)	692 → 686 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$28,186 → $31,382 (+11.3%)	$110,192 → $151,944 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $55,000 (-21.4%)	$287,500 → $443,900 (+54.4%)

College Station

Population

485326

Median household income

$28,186$31,382

Median home value

$70,000$55,000

Natural Steps

Population

692686

Median household income

$110,192$151,944

Median home value

$287,500$443,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Station	Natural Steps
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	41.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.3%
35 to 44	39.6%	23.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	33.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.1%
75 and over	14.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Station	Natural Steps
White (non-Hispanic)	11.3%	63.8%
Black or African American	88.7%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	19.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Station	Natural Steps
No high school diploma	12.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	87.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Station	Natural Steps
Drove alone	100.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Station	Natural Steps
1-unit, detached	15.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	56.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	College Station	Natural Steps
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	2013	1987