Blue Eye vs Green Forest

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

Blue Eye 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 21 in Blue Eye). Green Forest has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $60,000 in Blue Eye). Since 2019, Green Forest's population has grown faster (+14.2% vs -71.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
Population	21	3,072
Median age	47.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,813
Median home value	$60,000	$127,100
Median gross rent	—	$803
Housing units	7	948
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
Population	74 → 21 (-71.6%)	2,691 → 3,072 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$16,667 → $26,250 (+57.5%)	$42,019 → $63,813 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $60,000 (-17.2%)	$86,600 → $127,100 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)

Blue Eye

Population

7421

Median household income

$16,667$26,250

Median home value

$72,500$60,000

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)

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
Under 5	9.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.8%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	47.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	4.8%	3.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	31.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	55.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
No high school diploma	15.4%	38.7%
High school graduate	84.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
Drove alone	100.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
1-unit, detached	85.7%	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	14.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	Green Forest
Poverty rate	81.0%	11.4%
Average household size	3.50	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1954	1979