De Queen vs Gillham

A side-by-side comparison of De Queen and Gillham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Queen has the higher population (6,077 vs 190 in Gillham). Gillham has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $50,979 in De Queen). De Queen has the higher median home value ($108,500 vs $48,300 in Gillham).

Population, income & housing

	De Queen	Gillham
Population	6,077	190
Median age	33.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,979	$61,750
Median home value	$108,500	$48,300
Median gross rent	$705	$590
Housing units	2,460	84
Homeownership rate	44.0%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Queen	Gillham
Population	6,556 → 6,077 (-7.3%)	293 → 190 (-35.2%)
Median household income	$39,086 → $50,979 (+30.4%)	$61,250 → $61,750 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $108,500 (+34.0%)	$50,400 → $48,300 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $705 (+16.5%)	$636 → $590 (-7.2%)

De Queen

Population

6,5566,077

Median household income

$39,086$50,979

Median home value

$81,000$108,500

Median gross rent

$605$705

Gillham

Population

293190

Median household income

$61,250$61,750

Median home value

$50,400$48,300

Median gross rent

$636$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Queen	Gillham
Under 5	6.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	5.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	19.5%
75 and over	4.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Queen	Gillham
White (non-Hispanic)	29.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	59.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Queen	Gillham
No high school diploma	43.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Queen	Gillham
Drove alone	66.8%	89.4%
Carpooled	29.9%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Queen	Gillham
1-unit, detached	60.6%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	40.5%

Poverty & households

	De Queen	Gillham
Poverty rate	17.8%	16.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	1974