Friendship vs Rockport

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

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

Rockport has the higher population (777 vs 187 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $68,681 in Rockport). Friendship has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $145,600 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Rockport
Population	187	777
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$68,681
Median home value	$163,900	$145,600
Median gross rent	$638	$777
Housing units	74	318
Homeownership rate	76.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Rockport
Population	163 → 187 (+14.7%)	894 → 777 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $68,750 (+76.0%)	$50,625 → $68,681 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $163,900 (+91.5%)	$118,900 → $145,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $638 (+1.3%)	$669 → $777 (+16.1%)

Friendship

Population

163187

Median household income

$39,063$68,750

Median home value

$85,600$163,900

Median gross rent

$630$638

Rockport

Population

894777

Median household income

$50,625$68,681

Median home value

$118,900$145,600

Median gross rent

$669$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Rockport
Under 5	0.5%	15.1%
5 to 17	33.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	25.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.1%
75 and over	6.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Rockport
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Rockport
Drove alone	50.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	41.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Rockport
1-unit, detached	58.1%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	0.0%
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	29.7%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Rockport
Poverty rate	10.2%	27.2%
Average household size	3.12	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	10	22
Median year structure built	1981	1984