Alpine vs Gurdon

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

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

Gurdon has the higher population (1,777 vs 67 in Alpine). Since 2019, Gurdon's population has grown faster (-30.9% vs -48.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Gurdon
Population	67	1,777
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,769
Median home value	—	$94,300
Median gross rent	—	$652
Housing units	20	1,030
Homeownership rate	0.0%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Gurdon
Population	129 → 67 (-48.1%)	2,571 → 1,777 (-30.9%)
Median household income	—	$33,229 → $45,769 (+37.7%)
Median home value	—	$72,100 → $94,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$629 → $652 (+3.7%)

Alpine

Population

12967

Gurdon

Population

2,5711,777

Median household income

$33,229$45,769

Median home value

$72,100$94,300

Median gross rent

$629$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Gurdon
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	37.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	62.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Gurdon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	36.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Gurdon
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Gurdon
Drove alone	100.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Gurdon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Gurdon
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.5%
Average household size	3.35	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	1976