Havana vs Ola

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

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

Ola has the higher population (977 vs 320 in Havana). Havana has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $40,250 in Ola). Havana has the higher median home value ($81,900 vs $66,700 in Ola).

Population, income & housing

	Havana	Ola
Population	320	977
Median age	33.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$40,250
Median home value	$81,900	$66,700
Median gross rent	$718	$504
Housing units	136	606
Homeownership rate	83.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havana	Ola
Population	514 → 320 (-37.7%)	1,193 → 977 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$38,954 → $52,917 (+35.8%)	$24,107 → $40,250 (+67.0%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $81,900 (+719.1%)	$61,900 → $66,700 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $718 (+21.7%)	$500 → $504 (+0.8%)

Havana

Population

514320

Median household income

$38,954$52,917

Median home value

$9,999$81,900

Median gross rent

$590$718

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)

	Havana	Ola
Under 5	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	28.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.3%
75 and over	2.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havana	Ola
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	10.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havana	Ola
No high school diploma	20.3%	28.2%
High school graduate	53.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havana	Ola
Drove alone	79.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havana	Ola
1-unit, detached	77.9%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Havana	Ola
Poverty rate	37.2%	39.0%
Average household size	3.20	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1979	1978