Arcola vs Meadows Place

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

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

Meadows Place has the higher population (4,689 vs 2,050 in Arcola). Meadows Place has the higher median household income ($92,736 vs $73,778 in Arcola). Meadows Place has the higher median home value ($256,000 vs $182,700 in Arcola).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Meadows Place
Population	2,050	4,689
Median age	29.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,778	$92,736
Median home value	$182,700	$256,000
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,324
Housing units	788	2,036
Homeownership rate	66.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Meadows Place
Population	2,441 → 2,050 (-16.0%)	4,653 → 4,689 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $73,778 (+34.8%)	$75,744 → $92,736 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $182,700 (+43.4%)	$182,900 → $256,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,117 (+12.6%)	$1,746 → $1,324 (-24.2%)

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

Meadows Place

Population

4,6534,689

Median household income

$75,744$92,736

Median home value

$182,900$256,000

Median gross rent

$1,746$1,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Meadows Place
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.2%
75 and over	2.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Meadows Place
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	45.0%
Black or African American	16.4%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	76.1%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Meadows Place
No high school diploma	20.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Meadows Place
Drove alone	80.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Meadows Place
1-unit, detached	60.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Meadows Place
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	2001	1979