Ola vs Plainview

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

Ola and Plainview 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 466 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $40,250 in Ola). Plainview has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $66,700 in Ola).

Population, income & housing

	Ola	Plainview
Population	977	466
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,250	$43,750
Median home value	$66,700	$106,500
Median gross rent	$504	$397
Housing units	606	266
Homeownership rate	42.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ola	Plainview
Population	1,193 → 977 (-18.1%)	605 → 466 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$24,107 → $40,250 (+67.0%)	$51,538 → $43,750 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $66,700 (+7.8%)	$69,300 → $106,500 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $504 (+0.8%)	$438 → $397 (-9.4%)

Ola

Population

1,193977

Median household income

$24,107$40,250

Median home value

$61,900$66,700

Median gross rent

$500$504

Plainview

Population

605466

Median household income

$51,538$43,750

Median home value

$69,300$106,500

Median gross rent

$438$397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ola	Plainview
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	4.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.5%	24.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ola	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ola	Plainview
No high school diploma	28.2%	18.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	64.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ola	Plainview
Drove alone	82.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.3%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ola	Plainview
1-unit, detached	50.7%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Ola	Plainview
Poverty rate	39.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1978	1978