Forrest City vs Hughes

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

Forrest City and Hughes 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 898 in Hughes). Forrest City has the higher median household income ($33,522 vs $26,850 in Hughes). Forrest City has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $74,000 in Hughes).

Population, income & housing

	Forrest City	Hughes
Population	12,826	898
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,522	$26,850
Median home value	$87,800	$74,000
Median gross rent	$795	$473
Housing units	4,584	471
Homeownership rate	38.0%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forrest City	Hughes
Population	14,285 → 12,826 (-10.2%)	1,252 → 898 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$30,817 → $33,522 (+8.8%)	$18,063 → $26,850 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $87,800 (+34.9%)	$56,700 → $74,000 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $795 (+26.0%)	$362 → $473 (+30.7%)

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

Hughes

Population

1,252898

Median household income

$18,063$26,850

Median home value

$56,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$362$473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forrest City	Hughes
Under 5	6.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.7%
75 and over	4.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forrest City	Hughes
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	41.0%
Black or African American	73.7%	54.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forrest City	Hughes
No high school diploma	16.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forrest City	Hughes
Drove alone	81.2%	92.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.5%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forrest City	Hughes
1-unit, detached	63.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	22.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Forrest City	Hughes
Poverty rate	36.1%	42.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	15	33
Median year structure built	1976	1979