Friendship vs Perla

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

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

Perla has the higher population (197 vs 187 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $93,000 in Perla). Since 2019, Friendship's population has grown faster (+14.7% vs -25.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Perla
Population	187	197
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	—
Median home value	$163,900	$93,000
Median gross rent	$638	$520
Housing units	74	103
Homeownership rate	76.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Perla
Population	163 → 187 (+14.7%)	265 → 197 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)	$33,750 → $26,875 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)	$62,500 → $93,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)	$543 → $520 (-4.2%)

Friendship

Population

163187

Median household income

$39,063$68,750

Median home value

$85,600$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$638

Perla

Population

265197

Median household income

$33,750$26,875

Median home value

$62,500$93,000

Median gross rent

$543$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Perla
Under 5	0.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	33.7%	32.5%
18 to 24	0.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	25.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.2%
75 and over	6.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Perla
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	29.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	45.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.5%
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%	23.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Perla
No high school diploma	5.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Perla
Drove alone	50.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Perla
1-unit, detached	58.1%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Perla
Poverty rate	10.2%	20.3%
Average household size	3.12	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	10	17
Median year structure built	1981	1983