Cotton Plant vs Patterson

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

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

Cotton Plant has the higher population (411 vs 273 in Patterson). Patterson has the higher median household income ($49,750 vs $12,043 in Cotton Plant). Patterson has the higher median home value ($47,900 vs $37,000 in Cotton Plant).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
Population	411	273
Median age	55.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$12,043	$49,750
Median home value	$37,000	$47,900
Median gross rent	$537	$583
Housing units	320	159
Homeownership rate	43.3%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
Population	512 → 411 (-19.7%)	437 → 273 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$21,250 → $12,043 (-43.3%)	$24,896 → $49,750 (+99.8%)
Median home value	$23,900 → $37,000 (+54.8%)	$35,400 → $47,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$455 → $537 (+18.0%)	$470 → $583 (+24.0%)

Cotton Plant

Population

512411

Median household income

$21,250$12,043

Median home value

$23,900$37,000

Median gross rent

$455$537

Patterson

Population

437273

Median household income

$24,896$49,750

Median home value

$35,400$47,900

Median gross rent

$470$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
Under 5	5.8%	12.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	20.5%
75 and over	15.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	82.1%
Black or African American	83.0%	12.8%
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	5.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
No high school diploma	27.8%	22.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
Drove alone	80.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
1-unit, detached	51.9%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Plant	Patterson
Poverty rate	56.4%	12.1%
Average household size	1.76	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1975	1976