Gassville vs Mountain Home

A side-by-side comparison of Gassville and Mountain Home: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Home has the higher population (13,021 vs 2,216 in Gassville). Gassville has the higher median household income ($47,404 vs $42,103 in Mountain Home). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $126,600 in Gassville).

Population, income & housing

	Gassville	Mountain Home
Population	2,216	13,021
Median age	38.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,404	$42,103
Median home value	$126,600	$160,200
Median gross rent	$840	$857
Housing units	1,006	6,640
Homeownership rate	68.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gassville	Mountain Home
Population	2,557 → 2,216 (-13.3%)	12,393 → 13,021 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$39,115 → $47,404 (+21.2%)	$40,408 → $42,103 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $126,600 (+34.8%)	$126,100 → $160,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $840 (+9.4%)	$686 → $857 (+24.9%)

Gassville

Population

2,5572,216

Median household income

$39,115$47,404

Median home value

$93,900$126,600

Median gross rent

$768$840

Mountain Home

Population

12,39313,021

Median household income

$40,408$42,103

Median home value

$126,100$160,200

Median gross rent

$686$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gassville	Mountain Home
Under 5	8.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.2%
75 and over	7.7%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gassville	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gassville	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gassville	Mountain Home
Drove alone	81.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gassville	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	82.4%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Gassville	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	12.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	11
Median year structure built	1980	1980