Green Forest vs Holiday Island

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

Green Forest and Holiday Island 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 2,405 in Holiday Island). Green Forest has the higher median household income ($63,813 vs $52,700 in Holiday Island). Holiday Island has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $127,100 in Green Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
Population	3,072	2,405
Median age	33.9 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,813	$52,700
Median home value	$127,100	$212,100
Median gross rent	$803	$870
Housing units	948	1,773
Homeownership rate	63.1%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
Population	2,691 → 3,072 (+14.2%)	2,353 → 2,405 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$42,019 → $63,813 (+51.9%)	$48,000 → $52,700 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,100 (+46.8%)	$157,800 → $212,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)	$763 → $870 (+14.0%)

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

Holiday Island

Population

2,3532,405

Median household income

$48,000$52,700

Median home value

$157,800$212,100

Median gross rent

$763$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
Under 5	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	3.9%	23.6%
75 and over	3.8%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
No high school diploma	38.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
Drove alone	67.0%	52.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	28.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.4%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
1-unit, detached	81.8%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Green Forest	Holiday Island
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.6%
Average household size	3.91	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	12	26
Median year structure built	1979	1995