Arcadia vs Arma

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Arma: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcadia and Arma are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arma has the higher population (1,131 vs 271 in Arcadia). Arma has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $26,300 in Arcadia). Since 2019, Arma's population has grown faster (-18.3% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Arma
Population	271	1,131
Median age	44.6 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,073
Median home value	$26,300	$83,100
Median gross rent	$975	$753
Housing units	161	639
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Arma
Population	364 → 271 (-25.5%)	1,385 → 1,131 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$20,481 → $42,500 (+107.5%)	$35,208 → $43,073 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$25,300 → $26,300 (+4.0%)	$77,600 → $83,100 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $975 (+79.2%)	$568 → $753 (+32.6%)

Arcadia

Population

364271

Median household income

$20,481$42,500

Median home value

$25,300$26,300

Median gross rent

$544$975

Arma

Population

1,3851,131

Median household income

$35,208$43,073

Median home value

$77,600$83,100

Median gross rent

$568$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Arma
Under 5	10.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	19.0%
75 and over	10.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Arma
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Arma
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	48.7%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Arma
Drove alone	53.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Arma
1-unit, detached	93.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Arma
Poverty rate	35.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.24	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1964