Arcola vs Glen Allan

A side-by-side comparison of Arcola and Glen Allan: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcola and Glen Allan are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glen Allan has the higher population (262 vs 160 in Arcola). Arcola has the higher median household income ($26,667 vs $22,813 in Glen Allan). Since 2019, Glen Allan's population has grown faster (+77.0% vs -51.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Glen Allan
Population	160	262
Median age	37.0 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,667	$22,813
Median home value	—	$9,999
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	97	84
Homeownership rate	66.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Glen Allan
Population	329 → 160 (-51.4%)	148 → 262 (+77.0%)
Median household income	$19,750 → $26,667 (+35.0%)	$20,662 → $22,813 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $53,000 (+27.1%)	$205,000 → $9,999 (-95.1%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $563 (+0.9%)	—

Arcola

Population

329160

Median household income

$19,750$26,667

Median home value

$41,700$53,000

Median gross rent

$558$563

Glen Allan

Population

148262

Median household income

$20,662$22,813

Median home value

$205,000$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Glen Allan
Under 5	15.0%	26.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	4.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	17.5%	5.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Glen Allan
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	20.2%
Black or African American	93.8%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	67.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Glen Allan
No high school diploma	30.3%	55.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	5.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Glen Allan
Drove alone	87.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Glen Allan
1-unit, detached	66.0%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Glen Allan
Poverty rate	53.1%	84.4%
Average household size	2.52	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1977	2002