Alpine vs Gum Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Gum Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpine has the higher population (67 vs 50 in Gum Springs). Since 2019, Alpine's population has grown faster (-48.1% vs -62.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Gum Springs
Population	67	50
Median age	35.2 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,750
Median home value	—	$59,000
Median gross rent	—	$730
Housing units	20	56
Homeownership rate	0.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Gum Springs
Population	129 → 67 (-48.1%)	134 → 50 (-62.7%)
Median household income	—	$38,661 → $35,750 (-7.5%)
Median home value	—	$87,500 → $59,000 (-32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$756 → $730 (-3.4%)

Alpine

Population

12967

Gum Springs

Population

13450

Median household income

$38,661$35,750

Median home value

$87,500$59,000

Median gross rent

$756$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Gum Springs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	37.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	62.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	32.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Gum Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	18.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	82.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Gum Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	52.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Gum Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Gum Springs
1-unit, detached	100.0%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Gum Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.0%
Average household size	3.35	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	—	1984