Amity vs Gum Springs

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

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

Amity has the higher population (956 vs 50 in Gum Springs). Amity has the higher median household income ($37,679 vs $35,750 in Gum Springs). Amity has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $59,000 in Gum Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Amity	Gum Springs
Population	956	50
Median age	30.1 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$35,750
Median home value	$101,000	$59,000
Median gross rent	$736	$730
Housing units	490	56
Homeownership rate	61.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity	Gum Springs
Population	706 → 956 (+35.4%)	134 → 50 (-62.7%)
Median household income	$26,528 → $37,679 (+42.0%)	$38,661 → $35,750 (-7.5%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,000 (+37.2%)	$87,500 → $59,000 (-32.6%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $736 (+32.9%)	$756 → $730 (-3.4%)

Amity

Population

706956

Median household income

$26,528$37,679

Median home value

$73,600$101,000

Median gross rent

$554$736

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)

	Amity	Gum Springs
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	32.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	12.0%
75 and over	6.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity	Gum Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	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	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity	Gum Springs
No high school diploma	13.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	38.1%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity	Gum Springs
Drove alone	78.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity	Gum Springs
1-unit, detached	73.7%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Amity	Gum Springs
Poverty rate	42.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.87	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1984