Caldwell vs Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Caldwell and Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palestine has the higher population (665 vs 449 in Caldwell). Caldwell has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $34,896 in Palestine). Caldwell has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $57,600 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell	Palestine
Population	449	665
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$34,896
Median home value	$108,800	$57,600
Median gross rent	$875	$663
Housing units	172	274
Homeownership rate	72.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell	Palestine
Population	427 → 449 (+5.2%)	596 → 665 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$24,345 → $57,750 (+137.2%)	$29,375 → $34,896 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $108,800 (+61.9%)	$63,500 → $57,600 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $875 (+15.6%)	$633 → $663 (+4.7%)

Caldwell

Population

427449

Median household income

$24,345$57,750

Median home value

$67,200$108,800

Median gross rent

$757$875

Palestine

Population

596665

Median household income

$29,375$34,896

Median home value

$63,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$633$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caldwell	Palestine
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	32.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.9%
35 to 44	24.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	7.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	15.8%
75 and over	6.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	84.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	4.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell	Palestine
No high school diploma	17.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell	Palestine
Drove alone	96.9%	92.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell	Palestine
1-unit, detached	45.3%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.6%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell	Palestine
Poverty rate	17.6%	32.5%
Average household size	3.05	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1995	1986