Bee Branch vs Fairfield Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Bee Branch and Fairfield Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Bee Branch and Fairfield Bay are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfield Bay has the higher population (2,247 vs 181 in Bee Branch). Bee Branch has the higher median household income ($73,472 vs $54,735 in Fairfield Bay). Fairfield Bay has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $147,200 in Bee Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
Population	181	2,247
Median age	46.4 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,472	$54,735
Median home value	$147,200	$157,300
Median gross rent	—	$888
Housing units	107	2,065
Homeownership rate	86.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
Population	160 → 181 (+13.1%)	2,212 → 2,247 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$31,190 → $73,472 (+135.6%)	$39,179 → $54,735 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $147,200 (+9.9%)	$101,700 → $157,300 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,045 → $888 (-15.0%)

Bee Branch

Population

160181

Median household income

$31,190$73,472

Median home value

$134,000$147,200

Fairfield Bay

Population

2,2122,247

Median household income

$39,179$54,735

Median home value

$101,700$157,300

Median gross rent

$1,045$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
Under 5	4.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	2.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	33.7%	3.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	27.8%
75 and over	18.2%	32.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	53.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
Drove alone	91.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
1-unit, detached	43.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	56.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bee Branch	Fairfield Bay
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.01	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1997	1983