Beaver vs Green Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Green Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Forest has the higher population (3,072 vs 91 in Beaver). Green Forest has the higher median household income ($63,813 vs $57,750 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median home value ($237,500 vs $127,100 in Green Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Green Forest
Population	91	3,072
Median age	52.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$63,813
Median home value	$237,500	$127,100
Median gross rent	—	$803
Housing units	47	948
Homeownership rate	87.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Green Forest
Population	56 → 91 (+62.5%)	2,691 → 3,072 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $57,750 (+4.6%)	$42,019 → $63,813 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $237,500 (+90.0%)	$86,600 → $127,100 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)

Beaver

Population

5691

Median household income

$55,208$57,750

Median home value

$125,000$237,500

Green Forest

Population

2,6913,072

Median household income

$42,019$63,813

Median home value

$86,600$127,100

Median gross rent

$700$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Green Forest
Under 5	2.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	7.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	30.8%	3.9%
75 and over	9.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Green Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	31.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	55.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Green Forest
No high school diploma	4.5%	38.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Green Forest
Drove alone	36.1%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.8%	1.5%
Other means	5.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Green Forest
1-unit, detached	80.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Green Forest
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.22	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1988	1979