Dyess vs Etowah

A side-by-side comparison of Dyess and Etowah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Etowah has the higher population (306 vs 286 in Dyess). Dyess has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $23,125 in Etowah). Etowah has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $41,700 in Dyess).

Population, income & housing

	Dyess	Etowah
Population	286	306
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$23,125
Median home value	$41,700	$80,600
Median gross rent	$708	$633
Housing units	165	152
Homeownership rate	63.2%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyess	Etowah
Population	288 → 286 (-0.7%)	278 → 306 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $45,000 (+9.1%)	$42,841 → $23,125 (-46.0%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $41,700 (-15.4%)	$71,900 → $80,600 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $708 (+0.1%)	$762 → $633 (-16.9%)

Dyess

Population

288286

Median household income

$41,250$45,000

Median home value

$49,300$41,700

Median gross rent

$707$708

Etowah

Population

278306

Median household income

$42,841$23,125

Median home value

$71,900$80,600

Median gross rent

$762$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyess	Etowah
Under 5	13.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.9%
75 and over	2.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyess	Etowah
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyess	Etowah
No high school diploma	23.9%	22.4%
High school graduate	52.1%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyess	Etowah
Drove alone	85.4%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyess	Etowah
1-unit, detached	77.6%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	22.4%	55.9%

Poverty & households

	Dyess	Etowah
Poverty rate	28.7%	39.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1986	1996