Dyess vs Joiner

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

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

Joiner has the higher population (438 vs 286 in Dyess). Dyess has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $25,688 in Joiner). Joiner has the higher median home value ($50,000 vs $41,700 in Dyess).

Population, income & housing

	Dyess	Joiner
Population	286	438
Median age	34.5 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$25,688
Median home value	$41,700	$50,000
Median gross rent	$708	$596
Housing units	165	237
Homeownership rate	63.2%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyess	Joiner
Population	288 → 286 (-0.7%)	485 → 438 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $45,000 (+9.1%)	$22,708 → $25,688 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $41,700 (-15.4%)	$37,200 → $50,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $708 (+0.1%)	$495 → $596 (+20.4%)

Dyess

Population

288286

Median household income

$41,250$45,000

Median home value

$49,300$41,700

Median gross rent

$707$708

Joiner

Population

485438

Median household income

$22,708$25,688

Median home value

$37,200$50,000

Median gross rent

$495$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyess	Joiner
Under 5	13.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	20.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	7.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	19.2%
75 and over	2.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyess	Joiner
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	14.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	82.9%
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	2.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyess	Joiner
No high school diploma	23.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	52.1%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyess	Joiner
Drove alone	85.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyess	Joiner
1-unit, detached	77.6%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Dyess	Joiner
Poverty rate	28.7%	53.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1986	1988