Gateway vs Springtown

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

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

Gateway has the higher population (297 vs 108 in Springtown). Springtown has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $47,917 in Gateway). Since 2019, Gateway's population has grown faster (-6.6% vs -27.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Springtown
Population	297	108
Median age	51.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,917	$76,875
Median home value	$168,800	—
Housing units	165	53
Homeownership rate	70.3%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Springtown
Population	318 → 297 (-6.6%)	149 → 108 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$42,375 → $47,917 (+13.1%)	$88,750 → $76,875 (-13.4%)
Median home value	$149,100 → $168,800 (+13.2%)	$112,500 → $88,100 (-21.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)	—

Gateway

Population

318297

Median household income

$42,375$47,917

Median home value

$149,100$168,800

Median gross rent

$675$588

Springtown

Population

149108

Median household income

$88,750$76,875

Median home value

$112,500$88,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gateway	Springtown
Under 5	7.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	29.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	26.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.2%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Springtown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	35.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Springtown
No high school diploma	15.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	78.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Springtown
Drove alone	83.1%	91.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Springtown
1-unit, detached	72.1%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	47.2%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Springtown
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	42	17
Median year structure built	1987	1989