With 690 people, Norfork is a city in Arkansas. The poverty rate is 39.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. People stay put here: 66% were in the same home a year ago. This skews young, with a median age of 32.5. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 20% of adults. That trails the Arkansas median by roughly 47%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $32,167, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 40%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Norfork
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants74.0% → 51.5%(−22.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$65,042 → $182,000(+180%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age37.6 → 32.5(−5.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
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)4.9%(2)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.1%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48.8%(20)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 41 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
Norfork, decade by decade
Norfork 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
378
$34,801
$65,042
3.6%
3.3
2000
484
$54,999
$130,248
11.9%
10.0
2010
511
$35,164
$158,099
15.6%
11.0
2020
465
$36,361
$181,806
14.7%
15.5
2024
690
$32,167
$182,000
19.7%
20.7
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.
