Colt vs Palestine

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

Colt 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 446 in Colt). Palestine has the higher median household income ($34,896 vs $21,563 in Colt). Colt has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $57,600 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Colt	Palestine
Population	446	665
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$21,563	$34,896
Median home value	$94,200	$57,600
Median gross rent	$703	$663
Housing units	207	274
Homeownership rate	25.7%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colt	Palestine
Population	330 → 446 (+35.2%)	596 → 665 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$37,946 → $21,563 (-43.2%)	$29,375 → $34,896 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $94,200 (+88.4%)	$63,500 → $57,600 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $703 (+42.6%)	$633 → $663 (+4.7%)

Colt

Population

330446

Median household income

$37,946$21,563

Median home value

$50,000$94,200

Median gross rent

$493$703

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)

	Colt	Palestine
Under 5	7.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	23.1%	32.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	2.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	15.8%
75 and over	4.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colt	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	84.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	7.8%
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	5.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colt	Palestine
No high school diploma	15.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	50.2%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colt	Palestine
Drove alone	90.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colt	Palestine
1-unit, detached	50.2%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Colt	Palestine
Poverty rate	44.6%	32.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1980	1986