Etowah vs Joiner

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

Etowah 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 306 in Etowah). Joiner has the higher median household income ($25,688 vs $23,125 in Etowah). Etowah has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $50,000 in Joiner).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah	Joiner
Population	306	438
Median age	42.2 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$23,125	$25,688
Median home value	$80,600	$50,000
Median gross rent	$633	$596
Housing units	152	237
Homeownership rate	63.4%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	20.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah	Joiner
Population	278 → 306 (+10.1%)	485 → 438 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$42,841 → $23,125 (-46.0%)	$22,708 → $25,688 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $80,600 (+12.1%)	$37,200 → $50,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $633 (-16.9%)	$495 → $596 (+20.4%)

Etowah

Population

278306

Median household income

$42,841$23,125

Median home value

$71,900$80,600

Median gross rent

$762$633

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)

	Etowah	Joiner
Under 5	2.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	20.1%
35 to 44	18.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	19.2%
75 and over	5.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah	Joiner
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	14.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah	Joiner
No high school diploma	22.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	58.7%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah	Joiner
Drove alone	75.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	2.9%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah	Joiner
1-unit, detached	44.1%	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	55.9%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Etowah	Joiner
Poverty rate	39.5%	53.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1996	1988