Conway vs Greenbrier

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Greenbrier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway has the higher population (66,288 vs 5,875 in Greenbrier). Greenbrier has the higher median household income ($59,099 vs $58,461 in Conway). Conway has the higher median home value ($234,600 vs $171,100 in Greenbrier).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Greenbrier
Population	66,288	5,875
Median age	29.6 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,461	$59,099
Median home value	$234,600	$171,100
Median gross rent	$986	$1,269
Housing units	28,605	2,475
Homeownership rate	44.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Greenbrier
Population	66,127 → 66,288 (+0.2%)	5,478 → 5,875 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$47,221 → $58,461 (+23.8%)	$47,028 → $59,099 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $234,600 (+36.7%)	$141,200 → $171,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $986 (+19.5%)	$847 → $1,269 (+49.8%)

Conway

Population

66,12766,288

Median household income

$47,221$58,461

Median home value

$171,600$234,600

Median gross rent

$825$986

Greenbrier

Population

5,4785,875

Median household income

$47,028$59,099

Median home value

$141,200$171,100

Median gross rent

$847$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Greenbrier
Under 5	5.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	21.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	21.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Greenbrier
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Greenbrier
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Greenbrier
Drove alone	81.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Greenbrier
1-unit, detached	57.1%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Greenbrier
Poverty rate	18.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1997	2002