With 740 people, Amity is a city in Arkansas. The poverty rate is 37.3%, above the 12.5% national rate. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $143,100. That trails the Arkansas median by roughly 37%. Median household income is $38,542, under the $82,259 national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $38,542, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 73%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Amity
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate24.2% → 37.3%(+13.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$65,762 → $143,100(+118%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants71.2% → 62.2%(−9.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)32.1%(9)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)39.3%(11)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.9%(12)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War14.3%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 28 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Amity, decade by decade
Amity population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
550
$40,386
$65,762
9.3%
2.3
2000
762
$46,680
$82,703
8.2%
10.2
2010
723
$36,564
$90,198
9.5%
13.6
2020
681
$45,719
$121,204
17.2%
30.3
2024
740
$38,542
$143,100
15.1%
48.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
