Caldwell vs Forrest City

A side-by-side comparison of Caldwell and Forrest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forrest City has the higher population (12,826 vs 449 in Caldwell). Caldwell has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $33,522 in Forrest City). Caldwell has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $87,800 in Forrest City).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell	Forrest City
Population	449	12,826
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$33,522
Median home value	$108,800	$87,800
Median gross rent	$875	$795
Housing units	172	4,584
Homeownership rate	72.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell	Forrest City
Population	427 → 449 (+5.2%)	14,285 → 12,826 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$24,345 → $57,750 (+137.2%)	$30,817 → $33,522 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $108,800 (+61.9%)	$65,100 → $87,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $875 (+15.6%)	$631 → $795 (+26.0%)

Caldwell

Population

427449

Median household income

$24,345$57,750

Median home value

$67,200$108,800

Median gross rent

$757$875

Forrest City

Population

14,28512,826

Median household income

$30,817$33,522

Median home value

$65,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$631$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caldwell	Forrest City
Under 5	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	24.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell	Forrest City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	20.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	73.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell	Forrest City
No high school diploma	17.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	34.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell	Forrest City
Drove alone	96.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell	Forrest City
1-unit, detached	45.3%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	50.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell	Forrest City
Poverty rate	17.6%	36.1%
Average household size	3.05	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1995	1976