Dardanelle vs Ola

A side-by-side comparison of Dardanelle and Ola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dardanelle has the higher population (4,517 vs 977 in Ola). Dardanelle has the higher median household income ($43,287 vs $40,250 in Ola). Dardanelle has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $66,700 in Ola).

Population, income & housing

	Dardanelle	Ola
Population	4,517	977
Median age	35.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,287	$40,250
Median home value	$123,200	$66,700
Median gross rent	$875	$504
Housing units	1,788	606
Homeownership rate	56.6%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dardanelle	Ola
Population	4,561 → 4,517 (-1.0%)	1,193 → 977 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$38,560 → $43,287 (+12.3%)	$24,107 → $40,250 (+67.0%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $123,200 (+20.0%)	$61,900 → $66,700 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $875 (+47.6%)	$500 → $504 (+0.8%)

Dardanelle

Population

4,5614,517

Median household income

$38,560$43,287

Median home value

$102,700$123,200

Median gross rent

$593$875

Ola

Population

1,193977

Median household income

$24,107$40,250

Median home value

$61,900$66,700

Median gross rent

$500$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dardanelle	Ola
Under 5	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.3%
75 and over	5.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dardanelle	Ola
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dardanelle	Ola
No high school diploma	23.2%	28.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dardanelle	Ola
Drove alone	85.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dardanelle	Ola
1-unit, detached	70.4%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Dardanelle	Ola
Poverty rate	9.2%	39.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1979	1978