Colt vs Widener

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

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

Colt has the higher population (446 vs 221 in Widener). Widener has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $21,563 in Colt). Colt has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $50,000 in Widener).

Population, income & housing

	Colt	Widener
Population	446	221
Median age	32.9 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$21,563	$43,750
Median home value	$94,200	$50,000
Median gross rent	$703	$563
Housing units	207	67
Homeownership rate	25.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colt	Widener
Population	330 → 446 (+35.2%)	257 → 221 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$37,946 → $21,563 (-43.2%)	$28,000 → $43,750 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $94,200 (+88.4%)	$31,800 → $50,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $703 (+42.6%)	$495 → $563 (+13.7%)

Colt

Population

330446

Median household income

$37,946$21,563

Median home value

$50,000$94,200

Median gross rent

$493$703

Widener

Population

257221

Median household income

$28,000$43,750

Median home value

$31,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$495$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colt	Widener
Under 5	7.6%	16.3%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	17.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	5.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	19.9%
75 and over	4.9%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colt	Widener
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	49.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	43.4%
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%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colt	Widener
No high school diploma	15.1%	45.5%
High school graduate	50.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colt	Widener
Drove alone	90.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colt	Widener
1-unit, detached	50.2%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	Colt	Widener
Poverty rate	44.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.49	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1980	1990