Norfork vs Salesville

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

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

Norfork has the higher population (599 vs 498 in Salesville). Salesville has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $32,917 in Norfork). Norfork has the higher median home value ($183,900 vs $105,400 in Salesville).

Population, income & housing

	Norfork	Salesville
Population	599	498
Median age	32.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,917	$49,063
Median home value	$183,900	$105,400
Median gross rent	$730	$1,025
Housing units	416	318
Homeownership rate	52.9%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norfork	Salesville
Population	494 → 599 (+21.3%)	374 → 498 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $32,917 (-2.5%)	$35,000 → $49,063 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $183,900 (+28.3%)	$83,700 → $105,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $730 (+19.5%)	$625 → $1,025 (+64.0%)

Norfork

Population

494599

Median household income

$33,750$32,917

Median home value

$143,300$183,900

Median gross rent

$611$730

Salesville

Population

374498

Median household income

$35,000$49,063

Median home value

$83,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norfork	Salesville
Under 5	12.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norfork	Salesville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	9.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norfork	Salesville
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norfork	Salesville
Drove alone	54.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	23.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norfork	Salesville
1-unit, detached	73.8%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Norfork	Salesville
Poverty rate	42.2%	26.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1983	1981