Glenwood vs Kirby

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood and Kirby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenwood has the higher population (1,746 vs 582 in Kirby). Kirby has the higher median household income ($77,955 vs $33,889 in Glenwood). Kirby has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $108,300 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Kirby
Population	1,746	582
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,889	$77,955
Median home value	$108,300	$111,200
Median gross rent	$645	—
Housing units	883	270
Homeownership rate	56.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Kirby
Population	1,995 → 1,746 (-12.5%)	878 → 582 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$29,769 → $33,889 (+13.8%)	$67,708 → $77,955 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $108,300 (+40.1%)	$89,200 → $111,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $645 (+2.1%)	—

Glenwood

Population

1,9951,746

Median household income

$29,769$33,889

Median home value

$77,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$632$645

Kirby

Population

878582

Median household income

$67,708$77,955

Median home value

$89,200$111,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Kirby
Under 5	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.1%
75 and over	8.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Kirby
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Kirby
No high school diploma	18.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Kirby
Drove alone	81.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Kirby
1-unit, detached	60.2%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Kirby
Poverty rate	26.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1983	1979