Springdale vs Tontitown

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (87,388 vs 5,739 in Tontitown). Tontitown has the higher median household income ($80,987 vs $66,044 in Springdale). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $237,200 in Springdale).

Population, income & housing

	Springdale	Tontitown
Population	87,388	5,739
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,044	$80,987
Median home value	$237,200	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,219
Housing units	31,077	2,355
Homeownership rate	53.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springdale	Tontitown
Population	79,598 → 87,388 (+9.8%)	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$50,343 → $66,044 (+31.2%)	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $237,200 (+57.2%)	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $1,008 (+29.7%)	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)

Springdale

Population

79,59887,388

Median household income

$50,343$66,044

Median home value

$150,900$237,200

Median gross rent

$777$1,008

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)

	Springdale	Tontitown
Under 5	7.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.1%
75 and over	4.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springdale	Tontitown
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	74.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	2.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.1%	2.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springdale	Tontitown
No high school diploma	25.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springdale	Tontitown
Drove alone	75.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	15.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springdale	Tontitown
1-unit, detached	63.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Springdale	Tontitown
Poverty rate	13.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1994	1998