Tontitown vs West Fork

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

Tontitown and West Fork 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 3,131 in West Fork). Tontitown has the higher median household income ($80,987 vs $70,486 in West Fork). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $182,800 in West Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Tontitown	West Fork
Population	5,739	3,131
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,987	$70,486
Median home value	$394,200	$182,800
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,059
Housing units	2,355	1,173
Homeownership rate	80.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tontitown	West Fork
Population	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)	2,626 → 3,131 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)	$54,881 → $70,486 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)	$135,800 → $182,800 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)	$800 → $1,059 (+32.4%)

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

West Fork

Population

2,6263,131

Median household income

$54,881$70,486

Median home value

$135,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$800$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tontitown	West Fork
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.4%
75 and over	8.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tontitown	West Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tontitown	West Fork
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	28.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tontitown	West Fork
Drove alone	72.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tontitown	West Fork
1-unit, detached	85.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Tontitown	West Fork
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1998	1984