Glenwood vs Murfreesboro

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

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

Murfreesboro has the higher population (1,815 vs 1,746 in Glenwood). Murfreesboro has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $33,889 in Glenwood). Glenwood has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $105,500 in Murfreesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
Population	1,746	1,815
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,889	$48,125
Median home value	$108,300	$105,500
Median gross rent	$645	$536
Housing units	883	920
Homeownership rate	56.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
Population	1,995 → 1,746 (-12.5%)	1,904 → 1,815 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$29,769 → $33,889 (+13.8%)	$31,080 → $48,125 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $108,300 (+40.1%)	$78,100 → $105,500 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $645 (+2.1%)	$549 → $536 (-2.4%)

Glenwood

Population

1,9951,746

Median household income

$29,769$33,889

Median home value

$77,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$632$645

Murfreesboro

Population

1,9041,815

Median household income

$31,080$48,125

Median home value

$78,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$549$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	12.1%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
No high school diploma	18.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
Drove alone	81.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	16.5%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
1-unit, detached	60.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Murfreesboro
Poverty rate	26.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1983	1978