Arcola vs Needville

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

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

Needville has the higher population (3,076 vs 2,050 in Arcola). Arcola has the higher median household income ($73,778 vs $70,485 in Needville). Needville has the higher median home value ($216,900 vs $182,700 in Arcola).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Needville
Population	2,050	3,076
Median age	29.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,778	$70,485
Median home value	$182,700	$216,900
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,335
Housing units	788	1,337
Homeownership rate	66.4%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Needville
Population	2,441 → 2,050 (-16.0%)	3,068 → 3,076 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $73,778 (+34.8%)	$66,042 → $70,485 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $182,700 (+43.4%)	$126,900 → $216,900 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,117 (+12.6%)	$1,074 → $1,335 (+24.3%)

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

Needville

Population

3,0683,076

Median household income

$66,042$70,485

Median home value

$126,900$216,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Needville
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.2%
75 and over	2.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Needville
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	56.9%
Black or African American	16.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	76.1%	38.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Needville
No high school diploma	20.7%	21.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Needville
Drove alone	80.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Needville
1-unit, detached	60.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Needville
Poverty rate	12.6%	14.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	2001	1976