Barling vs Bonanza

A side-by-side comparison of Barling and Bonanza: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barling has the higher population (4,919 vs 730 in Bonanza). Bonanza has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $52,009 in Barling). Bonanza has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $125,200 in Barling).

Population, income & housing

	Barling	Bonanza
Population	4,919	730
Median age	44.7 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,009	$59,583
Median home value	$125,200	$141,300
Median gross rent	$893	$952
Housing units	2,599	245
Homeownership rate	73.5%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barling	Bonanza
Population	4,910 → 4,919 (+0.2%)	491 → 730 (+48.7%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $52,009 (+9.6%)	$44,545 → $59,583 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,200 (+15.3%)	$127,000 → $141,300 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $893 (-3.5%)	$805 → $952 (+18.3%)

Barling

Population

4,9104,919

Median household income

$47,443$52,009

Median home value

$108,600$125,200

Median gross rent

$925$893

Bonanza

Population

491730

Median household income

$44,545$59,583

Median home value

$127,000$141,300

Median gross rent

$805$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barling	Bonanza
Under 5	6.2%	9.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.8%
75 and over	10.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barling	Bonanza
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barling	Bonanza
No high school diploma	11.6%	20.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barling	Bonanza
Drove alone	83.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barling	Bonanza
1-unit, detached	72.4%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Barling	Bonanza
Poverty rate	16.8%	19.0%
Average household size	2.04	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1984	1990