Forrest City vs Palestine

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

Forrest City and Palestine 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 665 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median household income ($34,896 vs $33,522 in Forrest City). Forrest City has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $57,600 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Forrest City	Palestine
Population	12,826	665
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,522	$34,896
Median home value	$87,800	$57,600
Median gross rent	$795	$663
Housing units	4,584	274
Homeownership rate	38.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forrest City	Palestine
Population	14,285 → 12,826 (-10.2%)	596 → 665 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$30,817 → $33,522 (+8.8%)	$29,375 → $34,896 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $87,800 (+34.9%)	$63,500 → $57,600 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $795 (+26.0%)	$633 → $663 (+4.7%)

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

Palestine

Population

596665

Median household income

$29,375$34,896

Median home value

$63,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$633$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forrest City	Palestine
Under 5	6.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	32.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	2.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.8%
75 and over	4.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forrest City	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	84.8%
Black or African American	73.7%	7.8%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forrest City	Palestine
No high school diploma	16.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forrest City	Palestine
Drove alone	81.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forrest City	Palestine
1-unit, detached	63.2%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Forrest City	Palestine
Poverty rate	36.1%	32.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1976	1986