Garfield vs Sulphur Springs

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

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

Sulphur Springs has the higher population (516 vs 468 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median household income ($70,909 vs $34,500 in Sulphur Springs). Garfield has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $110,700 in Sulphur Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
Population	468	516
Median age	50.3 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,909	$34,500
Median home value	$197,200	$110,700
Median gross rent	$858	$874
Housing units	237	241
Homeownership rate	78.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
Population	610 → 468 (-23.3%)	464 → 516 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $70,909 (+19.4%)	$24,766 → $34,500 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $197,200 (+2.9%)	$65,000 → $110,700 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $858 (+8.9%)	$759 → $874 (+15.2%)

Garfield

Population

610468

Median household income

$59,375$70,909

Median home value

$191,700$197,200

Median gross rent

$788$858

Sulphur Springs

Population

464516

Median household income

$24,766$34,500

Median home value

$65,000$110,700

Median gross rent

$759$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	24.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.9%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.2%
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%	32.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	14.2%	29.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	82.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	5.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	73.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	3.8%	33.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1991	1955