Garfield vs Gateway

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield and Gateway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garfield has the higher population (468 vs 297 in Gateway). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,909 vs $47,917 in Gateway). Garfield has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $168,800 in Gateway).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Gateway
Population	468	297
Median age	50.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,909	$47,917
Median home value	$197,200	$168,800
Median gross rent	$858	—
Housing units	237	165
Homeownership rate	78.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Gateway
Population	610 → 468 (-23.3%)	318 → 297 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $70,909 (+19.4%)	$42,375 → $47,917 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $197,200 (+2.9%)	$149,100 → $168,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $858 (+8.9%)	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)

Garfield

Population

610468

Median household income

$59,375$70,909

Median home value

$191,700$197,200

Median gross rent

$788$858

Gateway

Population

318297

Median household income

$42,375$47,917

Median home value

$149,100$168,800

Median gross rent

$675$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Gateway
Under 5	4.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	16.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	17.9%	20.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.8%
75 and over	7.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Gateway
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	4.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.4%	15.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Gateway
No high school diploma	14.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Gateway
Drove alone	82.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	9.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Gateway
1-unit, detached	73.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Gateway
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1991	1987