Gassville vs Norfork

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

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

Gassville has the higher population (2,216 vs 599 in Norfork). Gassville has the higher median household income ($47,404 vs $32,917 in Norfork). Norfork has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $126,600 in Gassville).

Population, income & housing

	Gassville	Norfork
Population	2,216	599
Median age	38.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,404	$32,917
Median home value	$126,600	$183,900
Median gross rent	$840	$730
Housing units	1,006	416
Homeownership rate	68.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gassville	Norfork
Population	2,557 → 2,216 (-13.3%)	494 → 599 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$39,115 → $47,404 (+21.2%)	$33,750 → $32,917 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $126,600 (+34.8%)	$143,300 → $183,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $840 (+9.4%)	$611 → $730 (+19.5%)

Gassville

Population

2,5572,216

Median household income

$39,115$47,404

Median home value

$93,900$126,600

Median gross rent

$768$840

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)

	Gassville	Norfork
Under 5	8.9%	12.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	25.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	3.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gassville	Norfork
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gassville	Norfork
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gassville	Norfork
Drove alone	81.9%	54.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gassville	Norfork
1-unit, detached	82.4%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gassville	Norfork
Poverty rate	12.1%	42.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1980	1983