Fordyce vs Sparkman

A side-by-side comparison of Fordyce and Sparkman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fordyce has the higher population (3,320 vs 471 in Sparkman). Fordyce has the higher median household income ($43,056 vs $37,222 in Sparkman). Fordyce has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $61,300 in Sparkman).

Population, income & housing

	Fordyce	Sparkman
Population	3,320	471
Median age	37.7 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,056	$37,222
Median home value	$92,500	$61,300
Median gross rent	$642	$515
Housing units	1,644	237
Homeownership rate	60.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordyce	Sparkman
Population	3,849 → 3,320 (-13.7%)	465 → 471 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$30,613 → $43,056 (+40.6%)	$26,979 → $37,222 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $92,500 (+24.8%)	$19,800 → $61,300 (+209.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $642 (-8.2%)	$702 → $515 (-26.6%)

Fordyce

Population

3,8493,320

Median household income

$30,613$43,056

Median home value

$74,100$92,500

Median gross rent

$699$642

Sparkman

Population

465471

Median household income

$26,979$37,222

Median home value

$19,800$61,300

Median gross rent

$702$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordyce	Sparkman
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	25.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	24.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.1%
75 and over	10.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordyce	Sparkman
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	63.6%	18.3%
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	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordyce	Sparkman
No high school diploma	11.1%	32.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordyce	Sparkman
Drove alone	83.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	3.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordyce	Sparkman
1-unit, detached	69.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Fordyce	Sparkman
Poverty rate	12.5%	19.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1976	1973