Arcola vs Beasley

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

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

Arcola has the higher population (2,050 vs 977 in Beasley). Arcola has the higher median household income ($73,778 vs $66,875 in Beasley). Since 2019, Beasley's population has grown faster (+53.1% vs -16.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Beasley
Population	2,050	977
Median age	29.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,778	$66,875
Median home value	$182,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,173
Housing units	788	285
Homeownership rate	66.4%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	18.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Beasley
Population	2,441 → 2,050 (-16.0%)	638 → 977 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $73,778 (+34.8%)	$47,667 → $66,875 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $182,700 (+43.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,117 (+12.6%)	$977 → $1,173 (+20.1%)

Arcola

Population

2,4412,050

Median household income

$54,750$73,778

Median home value

$127,400$182,700

Median gross rent

$992$1,117

Beasley

Population

638977

Median household income

$47,667$66,875

Median gross rent

$977$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Beasley
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	26.0%	39.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	21.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	33.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	4.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	4.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	3.8%
75 and over	2.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Beasley
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	18.1%
Black or African American	16.4%	3.5%
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%	2.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	76.1%	75.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Beasley
No high school diploma	20.7%	27.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Beasley
Drove alone	80.5%	92.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Beasley
1-unit, detached	60.8%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Beasley
Poverty rate	12.6%	16.9%
Average household size	3.09	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	2001	1985