Gum Springs vs Gurdon

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

Gum Springs 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 50 in Gum Springs). Gurdon has the higher median household income ($45,769 vs $35,750 in Gum Springs). Gurdon has the higher median home value ($94,300 vs $59,000 in Gum Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
Population	50	1,777
Median age	55.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,750	$45,769
Median home value	$59,000	$94,300
Median gross rent	$730	$652
Housing units	56	1,030
Homeownership rate	37.9%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
Population	134 → 50 (-62.7%)	2,571 → 1,777 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$38,661 → $35,750 (-7.5%)	$33,229 → $45,769 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $59,000 (-32.6%)	$72,100 → $94,300 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $730 (-3.4%)	$629 → $652 (+3.7%)

Gum Springs

Population

13450

Median household income

$38,661$35,750

Median home value

$87,500$59,000

Median gross rent

$756$730

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)

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	32.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.5%
75 and over	6.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
White (non-Hispanic)	18.0%	45.4%
Black or African American	82.0%	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+

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
No high school diploma	4.9%	19.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gum Springs	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)

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
1-unit, detached	51.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Gum Springs	Gurdon
Poverty rate	6.0%	12.5%
Average household size	1.72	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1984	1976