Bee Branch vs Shirley

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

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

Shirley has the higher population (307 vs 181 in Bee Branch). Bee Branch has the higher median household income ($73,472 vs $35,938 in Shirley). Bee Branch has the higher median home value ($147,200 vs $92,000 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Branch	Shirley
Population	181	307
Median age	46.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,472	$35,938
Median home value	$147,200	$92,000
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	107	163
Homeownership rate	86.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Branch	Shirley
Population	160 → 181 (+13.1%)	358 → 307 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$31,190 → $73,472 (+135.6%)	$35,000 → $35,938 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $147,200 (+9.9%)	$81,000 → $92,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $625 (+3.1%)

Bee Branch

Population

160181

Median household income

$31,190$73,472

Median home value

$134,000$147,200

Shirley

Population

358307

Median household income

$35,000$35,938

Median home value

$81,000$92,000

Median gross rent

$606$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Branch	Shirley
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	33.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.1%
75 and over	18.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Branch	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Branch	Shirley
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	53.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Branch	Shirley
Drove alone	91.9%	85.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Branch	Shirley
1-unit, detached	43.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	56.1%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Bee Branch	Shirley
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1997	1972