Clinton vs Shirley

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

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

Clinton has the higher population (2,506 vs 307 in Shirley). Clinton has the higher median household income ($41,447 vs $35,938 in Shirley). Clinton has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $92,000 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Shirley
Population	2,506	307
Median age	47.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,447	$35,938
Median home value	$121,300	$92,000
Median gross rent	$710	$625
Housing units	1,408	163
Homeownership rate	63.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Shirley
Population	2,547 → 2,506 (-1.6%)	358 → 307 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$35,965 → $41,447 (+15.2%)	$35,000 → $35,938 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $121,300 (+6.8%)	$81,000 → $92,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $710 (+69.9%)	$606 → $625 (+3.1%)

Clinton

Population

2,5472,506

Median household income

$35,965$41,447

Median home value

$113,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$418$710

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)

	Clinton	Shirley
Under 5	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	6.8%
45 to 54	16.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.1%
75 and over	10.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	96.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Shirley
No high school diploma	14.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Shirley
Drove alone	75.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	19.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Shirley
1-unit, detached	73.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Shirley
Poverty rate	23.2%	33.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	41
Median year structure built	1979	1972