Blytheville vs Gosnell

A side-by-side comparison of Blytheville and Gosnell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blytheville has the higher population (13,026 vs 2,835 in Gosnell). Blytheville has the higher median household income ($49,928 vs $43,750 in Gosnell). Blytheville has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $92,300 in Gosnell).

Population, income & housing

	Blytheville	Gosnell
Population	13,026	2,835
Median age	39.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,928	$43,750
Median home value	$101,200	$92,300
Median gross rent	$789	$836
Housing units	7,085	1,064
Homeownership rate	53.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blytheville	Gosnell
Population	14,011 → 13,026 (-7.0%)	3,236 → 2,835 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$38,765 → $49,928 (+28.8%)	$44,073 → $43,750 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $101,200 (+27.5%)	$83,200 → $92,300 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$588 → $836 (+42.2%)

Blytheville

Population

14,01113,026

Median household income

$38,765$49,928

Median home value

$79,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$639$789

Gosnell

Population

3,2362,835

Median household income

$44,073$43,750

Median home value

$83,200$92,300

Median gross rent

$588$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blytheville	Gosnell
Under 5	7.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blytheville	Gosnell
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	66.1%
Black or African American	58.2%	28.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blytheville	Gosnell
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.1%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blytheville	Gosnell
Drove alone	81.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.8%
Other means	1.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blytheville	Gosnell
1-unit, detached	63.9%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Blytheville	Gosnell
Poverty rate	22.4%	22.5%
Average household size	2.37	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1974	1977