Barling vs Mansfield

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

Barling and Mansfield 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 1,341 in Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($54,318 vs $52,009 in Barling). Barling has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $112,500 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Barling	Mansfield
Population	4,919	1,341
Median age	44.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,009	$54,318
Median home value	$125,200	$112,500
Median gross rent	$893	$830
Housing units	2,599	524
Homeownership rate	73.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barling	Mansfield
Population	4,910 → 4,919 (+0.2%)	1,398 → 1,341 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $52,009 (+9.6%)	$33,125 → $54,318 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,200 (+15.3%)	$82,800 → $112,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $893 (-3.5%)	$591 → $830 (+40.4%)

Barling

Population

4,9104,919

Median household income

$47,443$52,009

Median home value

$108,600$125,200

Median gross rent

$925$893

Mansfield

Population

1,3981,341

Median household income

$33,125$54,318

Median home value

$82,800$112,500

Median gross rent

$591$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barling	Mansfield
Under 5	6.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.2%
75 and over	10.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barling	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barling	Mansfield
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barling	Mansfield
Drove alone	83.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barling	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	72.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Barling	Mansfield
Poverty rate	16.8%	29.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1984	1977