Grubbs vs Swifton

A side-by-side comparison of Grubbs and Swifton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swifton has the higher population (1,082 vs 363 in Grubbs). Grubbs has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $46,250 in Swifton). Since 2019, Swifton's population has grown faster (+14.9% vs -9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Grubbs	Swifton
Population	363	1,082
Median age	63.0 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$46,250
Median home value	—	$73,500
Median gross rent	—	$531
Housing units	161	391
Homeownership rate	79.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grubbs	Swifton
Population	400 → 363 (-9.3%)	942 → 1,082 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$32,143 → $75,625 (+135.3%)	$38,200 → $46,250 (+21.1%)
Median home value	—	$54,000 → $73,500 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $675 (+24.1%)	$473 → $531 (+12.3%)

Grubbs

Population

400363

Median household income

$32,143$75,625

Median gross rent

$544$675

Swifton

Population

9421,082

Median household income

$38,200$46,250

Median home value

$54,000$73,500

Median gross rent

$473$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grubbs	Swifton
Under 5	0.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	1.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	23.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	3.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	40.2%	9.9%
75 and over	6.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grubbs	Swifton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grubbs	Swifton
No high school diploma	10.9%	18.3%
High school graduate	70.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grubbs	Swifton
Drove alone	96.7%	91.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grubbs	Swifton
1-unit, detached	62.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Grubbs	Swifton
Poverty rate	13.5%	34.3%
Average household size	2.57	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1975	1981