Dyer vs Van Buren

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer and Van Buren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Buren has the higher population (23,545 vs 996 in Dyer). Dyer has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $59,420 in Van Buren). Dyer has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $178,000 in Van Buren).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Van Buren
Population	996	23,545
Median age	46.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$59,420
Median home value	$211,900	$178,000
Median gross rent	$563	$820
Housing units	428	9,514
Homeownership rate	83.2%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Van Buren
Population	713 → 996 (+39.7%)	23,413 → 23,545 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $69,792 (+80.1%)	$45,714 → $59,420 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $211,900 (+39.9%)	$116,200 → $178,000 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $563 (-3.6%)	$724 → $820 (+13.3%)

Dyer

Population

713996

Median household income

$38,750$69,792

Median home value

$151,500$211,900

Median gross rent

$584$563

Van Buren

Population

23,41323,545

Median household income

$45,714$59,420

Median home value

$116,200$178,000

Median gross rent

$724$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer	Van Buren
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	23.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	71.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	11.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Van Buren
No high school diploma	24.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Van Buren
Drove alone	94.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	86.0%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Van Buren
Poverty rate	18.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1996	1989