Calion vs El Dorado

A side-by-side comparison of Calion and El Dorado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Dorado has the higher population (17,382 vs 405 in Calion). El Dorado has the higher median household income ($45,159 vs $42,039 in Calion). El Dorado has the higher median home value ($113,100 vs $61,700 in Calion).

Population, income & housing

	Calion	El Dorado
Population	405	17,382
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,039	$45,159
Median home value	$61,700	$113,100
Median gross rent	—	$845
Housing units	258	7,854
Homeownership rate	89.3%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calion	El Dorado
Population	510 → 405 (-20.6%)	17,982 → 17,382 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $42,039 (-19.3%)	$42,595 → $45,159 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $61,700 (-16.2%)	$88,600 → $113,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $845 (+24.3%)

Calion

Population

510405

Median household income

$52,083$42,039

Median home value

$73,600$61,700

El Dorado

Population

17,98217,382

Median household income

$42,595$45,159

Median home value

$88,600$113,100

Median gross rent

$680$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calion	El Dorado
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calion	El Dorado
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	41.7%
Black or African American	25.2%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calion	El Dorado
No high school diploma	8.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	52.3%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calion	El Dorado
Drove alone	95.1%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calion	El Dorado
1-unit, detached	54.7%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Calion	El Dorado
Poverty rate	18.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1980	1969