Griffithville vs Russell

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

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

Griffithville has the higher population (321 vs 265 in Russell). Griffithville has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $22,361 in Russell). Russell has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $61,400 in Griffithville).

Population, income & housing

	Griffithville	Russell
Population	321	265
Median age	35.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$22,361
Median home value	$61,400	$77,500
Median gross rent	$690	$310
Housing units	161	120
Homeownership rate	76.3%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griffithville	Russell
Population	195 → 321 (+64.6%)	260 → 265 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $33,750 (+5.9%)	$20,804 → $22,361 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $61,400 (+6.8%)	$67,000 → $77,500 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $690 (+21.3%)	$306 → $310 (+1.3%)

Griffithville

Population

195321

Median household income

$31,875$33,750

Median home value

$57,500$61,400

Median gross rent

$569$690

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)

	Griffithville	Russell
Under 5	5.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	4.7%	2.3%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griffithville	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	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	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griffithville	Russell
No high school diploma	20.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	49.0%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griffithville	Russell
Drove alone	83.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griffithville	Russell
1-unit, detached	85.1%	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	14.9%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Griffithville	Russell
Poverty rate	24.0%	56.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1970	1987