Bull Shoals vs Yellville

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

Bull Shoals and Yellville 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 1,239 in Yellville). Bull Shoals has the higher median household income ($46,848 vs $38,889 in Yellville). Bull Shoals has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $131,100 in Yellville).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
Population	1,687	1,239
Median age	58.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,848	$38,889
Median home value	$157,200	$131,100
Median gross rent	$670	$791
Housing units	1,168	655
Homeownership rate	74.4%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
Population	2,260 → 1,687 (-25.4%)	1,155 → 1,239 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $46,848 (+16.2%)	$30,441 → $38,889 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $157,200 (+24.5%)	$110,900 → $131,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $670 (+28.4%)	$635 → $791 (+24.6%)

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

Yellville

Population

1,1551,239

Median household income

$30,441$38,889

Median home value

$110,900$131,100

Median gross rent

$635$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
Under 5	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.9%
75 and over	19.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
Drove alone	65.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	11.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
1-unit, detached	71.1%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Bull Shoals	Yellville
Poverty rate	15.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1986	1975