Little Rock vs Maumelle

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

Little Rock and Maumelle 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 19,286 in Maumelle). Maumelle has the higher median household income ($92,466 vs $60,583 in Little Rock). Maumelle has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $221,200 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Maumelle
Population	202,739	19,286
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,583	$92,466
Median home value	$221,200	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,067	$995
Housing units	99,697	8,254
Homeownership rate	54.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Maumelle
Population	197,958 → 202,739 (+2.4%)	18,142 → 19,286 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$51,485 → $60,583 (+17.7%)	$84,341 → $92,466 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $221,200 (+32.0%)	$223,800 → $276,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,067 (+22.4%)	$949 → $995 (+4.8%)

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

Maumelle

Population

18,14219,286

Median household income

$84,341$92,466

Median home value

$223,800$276,900

Median gross rent

$949$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Rock	Maumelle
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Maumelle
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	68.3%
Black or African American	39.4%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Maumelle
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.2%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Maumelle
Drove alone	76.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.8%	18.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Maumelle
1-unit, detached	60.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	13.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Maumelle
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1978	2001