Donaldson vs Friendship

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

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

Donaldson has the higher population (376 vs 187 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $42,188 in Donaldson). Friendship has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $56,600 in Donaldson).

Population, income & housing

	Donaldson	Friendship
Population	376	187
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$68,750
Median home value	$56,600	$163,900
Median gross rent	$926	$638
Housing units	146	74
Homeownership rate	70.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donaldson	Friendship
Population	297 → 376 (+26.6%)	163 → 187 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$36,625 → $42,188 (+15.2%)	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $56,600 (+25.8%)	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $926 (+89.8%)	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)

Donaldson

Population

297376

Median household income

$36,625$42,188

Median home value

$45,000$56,600

Median gross rent

$488$926

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)

	Donaldson	Friendship
Under 5	0.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	33.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	33.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	25.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.4%
75 and over	5.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donaldson	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	6.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donaldson	Friendship
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	69.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donaldson	Friendship
Drove alone	30.5%	50.6%
Carpooled	65.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	41.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donaldson	Friendship
1-unit, detached	50.0%	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	50.0%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Donaldson	Friendship
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.2%
Average household size	3.27	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	10
Median year structure built	1984	1981