Roland vs Sweet Home

A side-by-side comparison of Roland and Sweet Home: population, income, housing, and more.

Roland and Sweet Home 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 1,206 in Sweet Home). Roland has the higher median home value ($206,600 vs $160,300 in Sweet Home). Since 2019, Roland's population has grown faster (+107.1% vs +16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Roland	Sweet Home
Population	1,222	1,206
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median home value	$206,600	$160,300
Housing units	417	452
Homeownership rate	89.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roland	Sweet Home
Population	590 → 1,222 (+107.1%)	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$34,865 → $67,917 (+94.8%)	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)
Median home value	$153,900 → $206,600 (+34.2%)	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)

Roland

Population

5901,222

Median household income

$34,865$67,917

Median home value

$153,900$206,600

Sweet Home

Population

1,0371,206

Median household income

$68,508$23,192

Median home value

$77,300$160,300

Median gross rent

$489$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roland	Sweet Home
Under 5	5.2%	11.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	7.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	23.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	24.9%
55 to 64	22.3%	5.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roland	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	28.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roland	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roland	Sweet Home
Drove alone	70.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roland	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	79.6%	71.2%
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	20.4%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Roland	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1994	1975