Gentry vs Highfill

A side-by-side comparison of Gentry and Highfill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gentry has the higher population (4,069 vs 1,899 in Highfill). Highfill has the higher median household income ($102,000 vs $65,325 in Gentry). Highfill has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $162,400 in Gentry).

Population, income & housing

	Gentry	Highfill
Population	4,069	1,899
Median age	38.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,325	$102,000
Median home value	$162,400	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,394
Housing units	1,688	742
Homeownership rate	68.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gentry	Highfill
Population	3,852 → 4,069 (+5.6%)	874 → 1,899 (+117.3%)
Median household income	$51,350 → $65,325 (+27.2%)	$77,500 → $102,000 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $162,400 (+30.5%)	$199,400 → $229,000 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,092 (+36.8%)	$770 → $1,394 (+81.0%)

Gentry

Population

3,8524,069

Median household income

$51,350$65,325

Median home value

$124,400$162,400

Median gross rent

$798$1,092

Highfill

Population

8741,899

Median household income

$77,500$102,000

Median home value

$199,400$229,000

Median gross rent

$770$1,394

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gentry	Highfill
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	25.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	6.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.0%
75 and over	6.6%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gentry	Highfill
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.4%
Asian	1.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	13.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gentry	Highfill
No high school diploma	11.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gentry	Highfill
Drove alone	84.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gentry	Highfill
1-unit, detached	86.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gentry	Highfill
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1994	2012