Barling vs Greenwood

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (9,570 vs 4,919 in Barling). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($65,745 vs $52,009 in Barling). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($177,300 vs $125,200 in Barling).

Population, income & housing

	Barling	Greenwood
Population	4,919	9,570
Median age	44.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,009	$65,745
Median home value	$125,200	$177,300
Median gross rent	$893	$824
Housing units	2,599	4,190
Homeownership rate	73.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barling	Greenwood
Population	4,910 → 4,919 (+0.2%)	9,387 → 9,570 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $52,009 (+9.6%)	$57,500 → $65,745 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,200 (+15.3%)	$136,000 → $177,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $893 (-3.5%)	$744 → $824 (+10.8%)

Barling

Population

4,9104,919

Median household income

$47,443$52,009

Median home value

$108,600$125,200

Median gross rent

$925$893

Greenwood

Population

9,3879,570

Median household income

$57,500$65,745

Median home value

$136,000$177,300

Median gross rent

$744$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barling	Greenwood
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.1%
75 and over	10.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barling	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barling	Greenwood
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	43.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barling	Greenwood
Drove alone	83.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barling	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	72.4%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barling	Greenwood
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1984	1995