Little Rock vs Ponemah

A side-by-side comparison of Little Rock and Ponemah: population, income, housing, and more.

Little Rock and Ponemah are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Little Rock has the higher population (1,075 vs 740 in Ponemah). Since 2019, Ponemah's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Ponemah
Population	1,075	740
Median age	23.9 yrs	18.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,719	—
Median home value	$34,100	—
Median gross rent	$499	$475
Housing units	320	158
Homeownership rate	77.8%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	31.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Ponemah
Population	1,170 → 1,075 (-8.1%)	742 → 740 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $51,719 (+23.5%)	$30,667 → $74,196 (+141.9%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $34,100 (-45.9%)	$93,000 → $102,700 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $499 (+1.2%)	$394 → $475 (+20.6%)

Little Rock

Population

1,1701,075

Median household income

$41,875$51,719

Median home value

$63,000$34,100

Median gross rent

$493$499

Ponemah

Population

742740

Median household income

$30,667$74,196

Median home value

$93,000$102,700

Median gross rent

$394$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Rock	Ponemah
Under 5	14.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	40.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	2.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.9%
75 and over	1.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Ponemah
White (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.8%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Ponemah
No high school diploma	23.1%	21.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Ponemah
Drove alone	60.8%	88.3%
Carpooled	25.1%	0.0%
Public transit	5.6%	11.7%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Ponemah
1-unit, detached	70.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Ponemah
Poverty rate	32.8%	22.4%
Average household size	3.56	4.93
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1988	1982