Kirby vs Newhope

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

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

Kirby has the higher population (582 vs 296 in Newhope). Newhope has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $111,200 in Kirby). Since 2019, Newhope's population has grown faster (+3.5% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Kirby	Newhope
Population	582	296
Median age	47.2 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,955	—
Median home value	$111,200	$111,300
Housing units	270	79
Homeownership rate	85.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirby	Newhope
Population	878 → 582 (-33.7%)	286 → 296 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$67,708 → $77,955 (+15.1%)	$120,962 → $138,050 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $111,200 (+24.7%)	—

Kirby

Population

878582

Median household income

$67,708$77,955

Median home value

$89,200$111,200

Newhope

Population

286296

Median household income

$120,962$138,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirby	Newhope
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	5.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	50.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	21.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	1.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	3.0%
75 and over	14.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirby	Newhope
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirby	Newhope
No high school diploma	10.9%	20.5%
High school graduate	38.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirby	Newhope
Drove alone	79.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirby	Newhope
1-unit, detached	73.0%	41.8%
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	27.0%	58.2%

Poverty & households

	Kirby	Newhope
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.62	4.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1979	1984