Elkins vs Tontitown

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins and Tontitown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tontitown has the higher population (5,739 vs 3,710 in Elkins). Elkins has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $80,987 in Tontitown). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Tontitown
Population	3,710	5,739
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$80,987
Median home value	$190,100	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,219
Housing units	1,440	2,355
Homeownership rate	84.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Tontitown
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)

Elkins

Population

3,1393,710

Median household income

$65,182$81,111

Median home value

$139,500$190,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,293

Tontitown

Population

3,6775,739

Median household income

$73,009$80,987

Median home value

$265,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Tontitown
Under 5	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	4.3%	13.1%
75 and over	8.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Tontitown
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Tontitown
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Tontitown
Drove alone	85.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Tontitown
1-unit, detached	88.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Tontitown
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	2002	1998