Jacksonville vs McAlmont

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (29,285 vs 1,473 in McAlmont). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($46,947 vs $32,231 in McAlmont). McAlmont has the higher median home value ($215,800 vs $155,300 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
Population	29,285	1,473
Median age	32.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,947	$32,231
Median home value	$155,300	$215,800
Median gross rent	$913	$1,026
Housing units	13,092	916
Homeownership rate	49.4%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
Population	28,456 → 29,285 (+2.9%)	1,894 → 1,473 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$48,727 → $46,947 (-3.7%)	$31,442 → $32,231 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $155,300 (+23.4%)	$111,100 → $215,800 (+94.2%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)	$744 → $1,026 (+37.9%)

Jacksonville

Population

28,45629,285

Median household income

$48,727$46,947

Median home value

$125,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$819$913

McAlmont

Population

1,8941,473

Median household income

$31,442$32,231

Median home value

$111,100$215,800

Median gross rent

$744$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
Under 5	7.1%	14.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.4%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	4.5%
Black or African American	46.6%	81.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	13.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
No high school diploma	9.1%	17.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	3.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
Drove alone	74.2%	44.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	27.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	28.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
1-unit, detached	63.7%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	23.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	McAlmont
Poverty rate	19.3%	41.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1980	1988