Augusta vs Cotton Plant

A side-by-side comparison of Augusta and Cotton Plant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Augusta has the higher population (1,881 vs 411 in Cotton Plant). Augusta has the higher median household income ($49,744 vs $12,043 in Cotton Plant). Augusta has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $37,000 in Cotton Plant).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
Population	1,881	411
Median age	45.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,744	$12,043
Median home value	$117,100	$37,000
Median gross rent	$619	$537
Housing units	971	320
Homeownership rate	61.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
Population	2,203 → 1,881 (-14.6%)	512 → 411 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$26,232 → $49,744 (+89.6%)	$21,250 → $12,043 (-43.3%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $117,100 (+78.0%)	$23,900 → $37,000 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $619 (+31.7%)	$455 → $537 (+18.0%)

Augusta

Population

2,2031,881

Median household income

$26,232$49,744

Median home value

$65,800$117,100

Median gross rent

$470$619

Cotton Plant

Population

512411

Median household income

$21,250$12,043

Median home value

$23,900$37,000

Median gross rent

$455$537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
Under 5	10.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	17.3%
75 and over	10.6%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	11.4%
Black or African American	42.4%	83.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
No high school diploma	16.8%	27.8%
High school graduate	52.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
Drove alone	88.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	17.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
1-unit, detached	77.2%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Augusta	Cotton Plant
Poverty rate	27.0%	56.4%
Average household size	2.20	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1978	1975