Barling vs Hackett

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

Barling and Hackett 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 1,195 in Hackett). Barling has the higher median household income ($52,009 vs $50,365 in Hackett). Hackett has the higher median home value ($125,400 vs $125,200 in Barling).

Population, income & housing

	Barling	Hackett
Population	4,919	1,195
Median age	44.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,009	$50,365
Median home value	$125,200	$125,400
Median gross rent	$893	$760
Housing units	2,599	552
Homeownership rate	73.5%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barling	Hackett
Population	4,910 → 4,919 (+0.2%)	894 → 1,195 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $52,009 (+9.6%)	$34,800 → $50,365 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,200 (+15.3%)	$88,300 → $125,400 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $893 (-3.5%)	$773 → $760 (-1.7%)

Barling

Population

4,9104,919

Median household income

$47,443$52,009

Median home value

$108,600$125,200

Median gross rent

$925$893

Hackett

Population

8941,195

Median household income

$34,800$50,365

Median home value

$88,300$125,400

Median gross rent

$773$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barling	Hackett
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.7%
75 and over	10.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barling	Hackett
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	6.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barling	Hackett
No high school diploma	11.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barling	Hackett
Drove alone	83.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barling	Hackett
1-unit, detached	72.4%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Barling	Hackett
Poverty rate	16.8%	19.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1984	1986