Prairie Grove vs Tontitown

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

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

Prairie Grove has the higher population (7,445 vs 5,739 in Tontitown). Tontitown has the higher median household income ($80,987 vs $58,556 in Prairie Grove). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $226,800 in Prairie Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
Population	7,445	5,739
Median age	32.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,556	$80,987
Median home value	$226,800	$394,200
Median gross rent	$933	$1,219
Housing units	2,852	2,355
Homeownership rate	64.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
Population	5,845 → 7,445 (+27.4%)	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$62,807 → $58,556 (-6.8%)	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $226,800 (+48.5%)	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $933 (+24.2%)	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)

Prairie Grove

Population

5,8457,445

Median household income

$62,807$58,556

Median home value

$152,700$226,800

Median gross rent

$751$933

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)

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
Under 5	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.1%
75 and over	8.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
Drove alone	82.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	16.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
1-unit, detached	79.3%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Grove	Tontitown
Poverty rate	13.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1999	1998