Bull Shoals vs Pyatt

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Shoals and Pyatt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bull Shoals has the higher population (1,687 vs 140 in Pyatt). Pyatt has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $46,848 in Bull Shoals). Bull Shoals has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $96,700 in Pyatt).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
Population	1,687	140
Median age	58.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,848	$62,813
Median home value	$157,200	$96,700
Median gross rent	$670	—
Housing units	1,168	84
Homeownership rate	74.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
Population	2,260 → 1,687 (-25.4%)	277 → 140 (-49.5%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $46,848 (+16.2%)	$35,417 → $62,813 (+77.4%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $157,200 (+24.5%)	$62,500 → $96,700 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $670 (+28.4%)	$635 → $675 (+6.3%)

Bull Shoals

Population

2,2601,687

Median household income

$40,313$46,848

Median home value

$126,300$157,200

Median gross rent

$522$670

Pyatt

Population

277140

Median household income

$35,417$62,813

Median home value

$62,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$635$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
Under 5	3.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	5.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	25.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	14.3%
75 and over	19.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
Drove alone	65.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	15.8%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
1-unit, detached	71.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Bull Shoals	Pyatt
Poverty rate	15.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1986	1974