Jacksonville vs Little Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Little Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Little Rock has the higher population (202,739 vs 29,285 in Jacksonville). Little Rock has the higher median household income ($60,583 vs $46,947 in Jacksonville). Little Rock has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $155,300 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
Population	29,285	202,739
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,947	$60,583
Median home value	$155,300	$221,200
Median gross rent	$913	$1,067
Housing units	13,092	99,697
Homeownership rate	49.4%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
Population	28,456 → 29,285 (+2.9%)	197,958 → 202,739 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,727 → $46,947 (-3.7%)	$51,485 → $60,583 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $155,300 (+23.4%)	$167,600 → $221,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)	$872 → $1,067 (+22.4%)

Jacksonville

Population

28,45629,285

Median household income

$48,727$46,947

Median home value

$125,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$819$913

Little Rock

Population

197,958202,739

Median household income

$51,485$60,583

Median home value

$167,600$221,200

Median gross rent

$872$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
Under 5	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	43.7%
Black or African American	46.6%	39.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
Drove alone	74.2%	76.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.0%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
1-unit, detached	63.7%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	15.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Little Rock
Poverty rate	19.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1980	1978