Garner vs Russell

A side-by-side comparison of Garner and Russell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Russell has the higher population (265 vs 234 in Garner). Garner has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $22,361 in Russell). Since 2019, Garner's population has grown faster (+27.2% vs +1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Garner	Russell
Population	234	265
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$22,361
Median home value	—	$77,500
Median gross rent	—	$310
Housing units	87	120
Homeownership rate	84.9%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garner	Russell
Population	184 → 234 (+27.2%)	260 → 265 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $68,750 (+51.4%)	$20,804 → $22,361 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $55,000 (-4.3%)	$67,000 → $77,500 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $913 (+59.6%)	$306 → $310 (+1.3%)

Garner

Population

184234

Median household income

$45,417$68,750

Median home value

$57,500$55,000

Median gross rent

$572$913

Russell

Population

260265

Median household income

$20,804$22,361

Median home value

$67,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$306$310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garner	Russell
Under 5	3.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	22.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	25.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	2.3%
75 and over	3.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garner	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garner	Russell
No high school diploma	17.2%	23.4%
High school graduate	51.6%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garner	Russell
Drove alone	86.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garner	Russell
1-unit, detached	57.5%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	36.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.5%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Garner	Russell
Poverty rate	16.2%	56.5%
Average household size	3.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1990	1987