Cotter vs Norfork

A side-by-side comparison of Cotter and Norfork: population, income, housing, and more.

Cotter and Norfork are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cotter has the higher population (955 vs 599 in Norfork). Cotter has the higher median household income ($33,250 vs $32,917 in Norfork). Norfork has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $162,000 in Cotter).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Norfork
Population	955	599
Median age	63.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$32,917
Median home value	$162,000	$183,900
Median gross rent	$657	$730
Housing units	651	416
Homeownership rate	73.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Norfork
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	494 → 599 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$33,750 → $32,917 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$143,300 → $183,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$611 → $730 (+19.5%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Norfork

Population

494599

Median household income

$33,750$32,917

Median home value

$143,300$183,900

Median gross rent

$611$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Norfork
Under 5	2.1%	12.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	25.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	5.7%	3.2%
55 to 64	22.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	29.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Norfork
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Norfork
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Norfork
Drove alone	83.1%	54.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Norfork
1-unit, detached	86.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Norfork
Poverty rate	16.5%	42.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1965	1983