Amity vs Gurdon

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

Amity 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 956 in Amity). Gurdon has the higher median household income ($45,769 vs $37,679 in Amity). Amity has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $94,300 in Gurdon).

Population, income & housing

	Amity	Gurdon
Population	956	1,777
Median age	30.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$45,769
Median home value	$101,000	$94,300
Median gross rent	$736	$652
Housing units	490	1,030
Homeownership rate	61.6%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity	Gurdon
Population	706 → 956 (+35.4%)	2,571 → 1,777 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$26,528 → $37,679 (+42.0%)	$33,229 → $45,769 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $101,000 (+37.2%)	$72,100 → $94,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $736 (+32.9%)	$629 → $652 (+3.7%)

Amity

Population

706956

Median household income

$26,528$37,679

Median home value

$73,600$101,000

Median gross rent

$554$736

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)

	Amity	Gurdon
Under 5	8.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	24.8%
18 to 24	15.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.5%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity	Gurdon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	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	4.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity	Gurdon
No high school diploma	13.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	38.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity	Gurdon
Drove alone	78.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity	Gurdon
1-unit, detached	73.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Amity	Gurdon
Poverty rate	42.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1972	1976