Mulberry vs Van Buren

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

Mulberry 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 1,573 in Mulberry). Van Buren has the higher median household income ($59,420 vs $47,596 in Mulberry). Van Buren has the higher median home value ($178,000 vs $122,600 in Mulberry).

Population, income & housing

	Mulberry	Van Buren
Population	1,573	23,545
Median age	46.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,596	$59,420
Median home value	$122,600	$178,000
Median gross rent	$676	$820
Housing units	814	9,514
Homeownership rate	66.3%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulberry	Van Buren
Population	1,599 → 1,573 (-1.6%)	23,413 → 23,545 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $47,596 (+36.0%)	$45,714 → $59,420 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $122,600 (+68.2%)	$116,200 → $178,000 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $676 (+13.4%)	$724 → $820 (+13.3%)

Mulberry

Population

1,5991,573

Median household income

$35,000$47,596

Median home value

$72,900$122,600

Median gross rent

$596$676

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)

	Mulberry	Van Buren
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.6%
75 and over	13.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulberry	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulberry	Van Buren
No high school diploma	16.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulberry	Van Buren
Drove alone	92.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulberry	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mulberry	Van Buren
Poverty rate	13.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1975	1989