Arbela vs Memphis

A side-by-side comparison of Arbela and Memphis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Memphis has the higher population (1,860 vs 20 in Arbela). Since 2019, Memphis's population has grown faster (+9.0% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Arbela	Memphis
Population	20	1,860
Median age	22.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,598
Median home value	—	$117,200
Median gross rent	—	$491
Housing units	17	889
Homeownership rate	60.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arbela	Memphis
Population	25 → 20 (-20.0%)	1,706 → 1,860 (+9.0%)
Median household income	—	$37,909 → $49,598 (+30.8%)
Median home value	—	$67,300 → $117,200 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$518 → $491 (-5.2%)

Arbela

Population

2520

Memphis

Population

1,7061,860

Median household income

$37,909$49,598

Median home value

$67,300$117,200

Median gross rent

$518$491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arbela	Memphis
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	30.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.0%
55 to 64	25.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.1%
75 and over	5.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arbela	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arbela	Memphis
No high school diploma	44.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arbela	Memphis
Drove alone	100.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arbela	Memphis
1-unit, detached	70.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Arbela	Memphis
Poverty rate	55.0%	12.7%
Average household size	4.00	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1938	1964