O'Kean vs Pocahontas

A side-by-side comparison of O'Kean and Pocahontas: population, income, housing, and more.

O'Kean and Pocahontas are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pocahontas has the higher population (7,475 vs 164 in O'Kean). O'Kean has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $42,829 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $56,100 in O'Kean).

Population, income & housing

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
Population	164	7,475
Median age	51.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$42,829
Median home value	$56,100	$107,500
Median gross rent	—	$721
Housing units	77	3,259
Homeownership rate	78.9%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
Population	332 → 164 (-50.6%)	6,528 → 7,475 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $53,393 (+58.2%)	$34,628 → $42,829 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $56,100 (+33.3%)	$80,100 → $107,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $1,071 (+38.6%)	$620 → $721 (+16.3%)

O'Kean

Population

332164

Median household income

$33,750$53,393

Median home value

$42,100$56,100

Median gross rent

$773$1,071

Pocahontas

Population

6,5287,475

Median household income

$34,628$42,829

Median home value

$80,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$620$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
Under 5	1.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	1.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	21.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	22.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.9%
75 and over	19.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	6.2%
Some other race	6.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	19.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
Drove alone	80.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	67.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	O'Kean	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	18.3%	24.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1973	1975