Mountain Home vs Norfork

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

Mountain Home and Norfork 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 599 in Norfork). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($42,103 vs $32,917 in Norfork). Norfork has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $160,200 in Mountain Home).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Home	Norfork
Population	13,021	599
Median age	43.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,103	$32,917
Median home value	$160,200	$183,900
Median gross rent	$857	$730
Housing units	6,640	416
Homeownership rate	60.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Home	Norfork
Population	12,393 → 13,021 (+5.1%)	494 → 599 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$40,408 → $42,103 (+4.2%)	$33,750 → $32,917 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $160,200 (+27.0%)	$143,300 → $183,900 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $857 (+24.9%)	$611 → $730 (+19.5%)

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

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)

	Mountain Home	Norfork
Under 5	3.8%	12.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	25.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	3.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.7%
75 and over	17.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Home	Norfork
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Home	Norfork
No high school diploma	11.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Home	Norfork
Drove alone	75.4%	54.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	1.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Home	Norfork
1-unit, detached	66.7%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Home	Norfork
Poverty rate	17.7%	42.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1980	1983