Quitman vs Tumbling Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Quitman and Tumbling Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tumbling Shoals has the higher population (752 vs 748 in Quitman). Tumbling Shoals has the higher median household income ($39,677 vs $37,067 in Quitman). Tumbling Shoals has the higher median home value ($115,800 vs $111,200 in Quitman).

Population, income & housing

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
Population	748	752
Median age	41.1 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,067	$39,677
Median home value	$111,200	$115,800
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	402	724
Homeownership rate	60.9%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
Population	733 → 748 (+2.0%)	985 → 752 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$42,772 → $37,067 (-13.3%)	$40,125 → $39,677 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $111,200 (+26.8%)	$139,100 → $115,800 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $650 (-15.5%)	—

Quitman

Population

733748

Median household income

$42,772$37,067

Median home value

$87,700$111,200

Median gross rent

$769$650

Tumbling Shoals

Population

985752

Median household income

$40,125$39,677

Median home value

$139,100$115,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	3.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	23.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	22.9%
75 and over	6.6%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	7.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	46.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
Drove alone	83.4%	96.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
1-unit, detached	67.7%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Quitman	Tumbling Shoals
Poverty rate	21.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1978	1986