Colt vs Forrest City

A side-by-side comparison of Colt and Forrest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forrest City has the higher population (12,826 vs 446 in Colt). Forrest City has the higher median household income ($33,522 vs $21,563 in Colt). Colt has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $87,800 in Forrest City).

Population, income & housing

	Colt	Forrest City
Population	446	12,826
Median age	32.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$21,563	$33,522
Median home value	$94,200	$87,800
Median gross rent	$703	$795
Housing units	207	4,584
Homeownership rate	25.7%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colt	Forrest City
Population	330 → 446 (+35.2%)	14,285 → 12,826 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$37,946 → $21,563 (-43.2%)	$30,817 → $33,522 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $94,200 (+88.4%)	$65,100 → $87,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $703 (+42.6%)	$631 → $795 (+26.0%)

Colt

Population

330446

Median household income

$37,946$21,563

Median home value

$50,000$94,200

Median gross rent

$493$703

Forrest City

Population

14,28512,826

Median household income

$30,817$33,522

Median home value

$65,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$631$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colt	Forrest City
Under 5	7.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	7.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colt	Forrest City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	20.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	73.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colt	Forrest City
No high school diploma	15.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	50.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colt	Forrest City
Drove alone	90.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colt	Forrest City
1-unit, detached	50.2%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Colt	Forrest City
Poverty rate	44.6%	36.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1980	1976