Gibson vs Sweet Home

A side-by-side comparison of Gibson and Sweet Home: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibson has the higher population (4,141 vs 1,206 in Sweet Home). Sweet Home has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $150,300 in Gibson). Since 2019, Sweet Home's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -16.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gibson	Sweet Home
Population	4,141	1,206
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,194	—
Median home value	$150,300	$160,300
Median gross rent	$1,321	—
Housing units	1,645	452
Homeownership rate	76.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibson	Sweet Home
Population	4,985 → 4,141 (-16.9%)	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,194 (-7.4%)	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $150,300 (+21.5%)	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,321 (+39.2%)	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)

Gibson

Population

4,9854,141

Median household income

$67,179$62,194

Median home value

$123,700$150,300

Median gross rent

$949$1,321

Sweet Home

Population

1,0371,206

Median household income

$68,508$23,192

Median home value

$77,300$160,300

Median gross rent

$489$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibson	Sweet Home
Under 5	3.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	23.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	24.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.6%
75 and over	4.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibson	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	28.8%
Black or African American	24.7%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibson	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.5%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibson	Sweet Home
Drove alone	79.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.8%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibson	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	96.4%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibson	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	8.2%	41.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1978	1975