Calion vs Strong

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

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

Calion has the higher population (405 vs 388 in Strong). Calion has the higher median household income ($42,039 vs $26,932 in Strong). Strong has the higher median home value ($66,400 vs $61,700 in Calion).

Population, income & housing

	Calion	Strong
Population	405	388
Median age	44.0 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,039	$26,932
Median home value	$61,700	$66,400
Median gross rent	—	$659
Housing units	258	305
Homeownership rate	89.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calion	Strong
Population	510 → 405 (-20.6%)	281 → 388 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $42,039 (-19.3%)	$29,844 → $26,932 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $61,700 (-16.2%)	$36,000 → $66,400 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$326 → $659 (+102.1%)

Calion

Population

510405

Median household income

$52,083$42,039

Median home value

$73,600$61,700

Strong

Population

281388

Median household income

$29,844$26,932

Median home value

$36,000$66,400

Median gross rent

$326$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calion	Strong
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	30.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.6%
75 and over	4.4%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calion	Strong
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	59.5%
Black or African American	25.2%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calion	Strong
No high school diploma	8.2%	23.7%
High school graduate	52.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calion	Strong
Drove alone	95.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	33.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calion	Strong
1-unit, detached	54.7%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Calion	Strong
Poverty rate	18.8%	32.5%
Average household size	2.29	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	57
Median year structure built	1980	1979