Friendship vs Magnet Cove

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

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

Magnet Cove has the higher population (818 vs 187 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $154,600 in Magnet Cove). Since 2019, Magnet Cove's population has grown faster (+50.4% vs +14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
Population	187	818
Median age	41.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	—
Median home value	$163,900	$154,600
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	74	456
Homeownership rate	76.7%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
Population	163 → 187 (+14.7%)	544 → 818 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)	$82,750 → $82,411 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)	$90,600 → $154,600 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)	—

Friendship

Population

163187

Median household income

$39,063$68,750

Median home value

$85,600$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$638

Magnet Cove

Population

544818

Median household income

$82,750$82,411

Median home value

$90,600$154,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	0.5%	26.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	25.7%	3.3%
45 to 54	5.3%	23.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	3.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	5.9%
75 and over	6.4%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
Drove alone	50.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
1-unit, detached	58.1%	39.9%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Magnet Cove
Poverty rate	10.2%	46.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	10	31
Median year structure built	1981	1973