Natural Steps vs Sweet Home

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

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

Sweet Home has the higher population (1,206 vs 686 in Natural Steps). Natural Steps has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $160,300 in Sweet Home). Since 2019, Sweet Home's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
Population	686	1,206
Median age	47.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$151,944	—
Median home value	$443,900	$160,300
Housing units	327	452
Homeownership rate	96.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
Population	692 → 686 (-0.9%)	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$110,192 → $151,944 (+37.9%)	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)
Median home value	$287,500 → $443,900 (+54.4%)	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)

Natural Steps

Population

692686

Median household income

$110,192$151,944

Median home value

$287,500$443,900

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)

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
Under 5	2.9%	11.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	7.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	1.3%	23.1%
35 to 44	23.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	5.2%	24.9%
55 to 64	33.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.6%
75 and over	5.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	28.8%
Black or African American	16.5%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
Drove alone	72.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	81.3%	71.2%
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	18.7%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Natural Steps	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1987	1975