Gentry vs Prairie Creek

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

Gentry and Prairie Creek 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 2,367 in Prairie Creek). Prairie Creek has the higher median household income ($94,457 vs $65,325 in Gentry). Prairie Creek has the higher median home value ($360,200 vs $162,400 in Gentry).

Population, income & housing

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
Population	4,069	2,367
Median age	38.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,325	$94,457
Median home value	$162,400	$360,200
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,069
Housing units	1,688	987
Homeownership rate	68.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
Population	3,852 → 4,069 (+5.6%)	2,421 → 2,367 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$51,350 → $65,325 (+27.2%)	$74,922 → $94,457 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $162,400 (+30.5%)	$222,800 → $360,200 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,092 (+36.8%)	$867 → $1,069 (+23.3%)

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

Prairie Creek

Population

2,4212,367

Median household income

$74,922$94,457

Median home value

$222,800$360,200

Median gross rent

$867$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
Under 5	5.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.6%
75 and over	6.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	13.0%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	11.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	84.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	86.0%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Gentry	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	8.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1994	1990