Colt vs Wheatley

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

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

Both have a population of 446. Wheatley has the higher median home value ($172,500 vs $94,200 in Colt). Since 2019, Colt's population has grown faster (+35.2% vs +20.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Colt	Wheatley
Population	446	446
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,563	—
Median home value	$94,200	$172,500
Median gross rent	$703	$617
Housing units	207	150
Homeownership rate	25.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colt	Wheatley
Population	330 → 446 (+35.2%)	371 → 446 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$37,946 → $21,563 (-43.2%)	$32,250 → $44,342 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $94,200 (+88.4%)	$53,900 → $172,500 (+220.0%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $703 (+42.6%)	$450 → $617 (+37.1%)

Colt

Population

330446

Median household income

$37,946$21,563

Median home value

$50,000$94,200

Median gross rent

$493$703

Wheatley

Population

371446

Median household income

$32,250$44,342

Median home value

$53,900$172,500

Median gross rent

$450$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colt	Wheatley
Under 5	7.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	36.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	2.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	26.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	4.3%	3.6%
75 and over	4.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colt	Wheatley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	55.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	44.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colt	Wheatley
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	50.2%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colt	Wheatley
Drove alone	90.2%	90.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colt	Wheatley
1-unit, detached	50.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Colt	Wheatley
Poverty rate	44.6%	1.6%
Average household size	2.49	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1980	1976