Gateway vs Sulphur Springs

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

Gateway 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 297 in Gateway). Gateway has the higher median household income ($47,917 vs $34,500 in Sulphur Springs). Gateway has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $110,700 in Sulphur Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
Population	297	516
Median age	51.5 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,917	$34,500
Median home value	$168,800	$110,700
Median gross rent	—	$874
Housing units	165	241
Homeownership rate	70.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
Population	318 → 297 (-6.6%)	464 → 516 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$42,375 → $47,917 (+13.1%)	$24,766 → $34,500 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$149,100 → $168,800 (+13.2%)	$65,000 → $110,700 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)	$759 → $874 (+15.2%)

Gateway

Population

318297

Median household income

$42,375$47,917

Median home value

$149,100$168,800

Median gross rent

$675$588

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)

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	24.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.3%
75 and over	11.4%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	0.2%
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%	32.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	15.0%	29.2%
High school graduate	39.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	83.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	72.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Gateway	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	10.1%	33.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	1987	1955