Bismarck vs Friendship

A side-by-side comparison of Bismarck and Friendship: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Friendship has the higher population (187 vs 61 in Bismarck). Since 2019, Friendship's population has grown faster (+14.7% vs -88.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Friendship
Population	61	187
Median age	57.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,750
Median home value	—	$163,900
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	31	74
Homeownership rate	67.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Friendship
Population	535 → 61 (-88.6%)	163 → 187 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$75,515 → $63,831 (-15.5%)	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $117,100 (+0.8%)	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)

Bismarck

Population

53561

Median household income

$75,515$63,831

Median home value

$116,200$117,100

Friendship

Population

163187

Median household income

$39,063$68,750

Median home value

$85,600$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Friendship
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	33.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	25.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	70.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Friendship
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Friendship
Drove alone	18.9%	50.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.5%	41.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Friendship
1-unit, detached	32.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.7%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Friendship
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.2%
Average household size	1.97	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	—	1981