Arcadia vs Des Arc

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

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

Arcadia has the higher population (595 vs 193 in Des Arc). Des Arc has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $41,875 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $81,700 in Des Arc).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Des Arc
Population	595	193
Median age	47.6 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$62,188
Median home value	$122,500	$81,700
Median gross rent	$359	—
Housing units	328	85
Homeownership rate	74.7%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Des Arc
Population	702 → 595 (-15.2%)	200 → 193 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$24,609 → $41,875 (+70.2%)	$25,000 → $62,188 (+148.8%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $122,500 (+31.0%)	$41,700 → $81,700 (+95.9%)
Median gross rent	$358 → $359 (+0.3%)	—

Arcadia

Population

702595

Median household income

$24,609$41,875

Median home value

$93,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$358$359

Des Arc

Population

200193

Median household income

$25,000$62,188

Median home value

$41,700$81,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Des Arc
Under 5	3.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	18.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	5.2%
75 and over	15.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Des Arc
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	99.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
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	4.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Des Arc
No high school diploma	15.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Des Arc
Drove alone	71.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Des Arc
1-unit, detached	79.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Des Arc
Poverty rate	26.9%	29.5%
Average household size	2.07	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1968	1951