Natural Steps vs Roland

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

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

Roland has the higher population (1,222 vs 686 in Natural Steps). Natural Steps has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $206,600 in Roland). Since 2019, Roland's population has grown faster (+107.1% vs -0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Natural Steps	Roland
Population	686	1,222
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$151,944	—
Median home value	$443,900	$206,600
Housing units	327	417
Homeownership rate	96.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natural Steps	Roland
Population	692 → 686 (-0.9%)	590 → 1,222 (+107.1%)
Median household income	$110,192 → $151,944 (+37.9%)	$34,865 → $67,917 (+94.8%)
Median home value	$287,500 → $443,900 (+54.4%)	$153,900 → $206,600 (+34.2%)

Natural Steps

Population

692686

Median household income

$110,192$151,944

Median home value

$287,500$443,900

Roland

Population

5901,222

Median household income

$34,865$67,917

Median home value

$153,900$206,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Natural Steps	Roland
Under 5	2.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	1.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	1.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	23.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	18.9%
55 to 64	33.5%	22.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.9%
75 and over	5.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natural Steps	Roland
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	96.1%
Black or African American	16.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natural Steps	Roland
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natural Steps	Roland
Drove alone	72.1%	70.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natural Steps	Roland
1-unit, detached	81.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Natural Steps	Roland
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1987	1994