Arcola vs Pleak

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

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

Pleak has the higher population (2,142 vs 2,050 in Arcola). Arcola has the higher median household income ($73,778 vs $69,360 in Pleak). Pleak has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $182,700 in Arcola).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Pleak
Population	2,050	2,142
Median age	29.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,778	$69,360
Median home value	$182,700	$284,700
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,079
Housing units	788	652
Homeownership rate	66.4%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Pleak
Population	2,441 → 2,050 (-16.0%)	1,475 → 2,142 (+45.2%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $73,778 (+34.8%)	$63,889 → $69,360 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $182,700 (+43.4%)	$213,300 → $284,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,117 (+12.6%)	$868 → $1,079 (+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

Pleak

Population

1,4752,142

Median household income

$63,889$69,360

Median home value

$213,300$284,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Pleak
Under 5	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	26.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	21.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	29.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.1%
75 and over	2.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Pleak
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	23.1%
Black or African American	16.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	76.1%	71.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Pleak
No high school diploma	20.7%	29.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Pleak
Drove alone	80.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Pleak
1-unit, detached	60.8%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Pleak
Poverty rate	12.6%	3.3%
Average household size	3.09	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	2001	1988