COMPARING TWO PLACES
Fifty-Six vs Mountain Home
PLACE A
Fifty-Six, Arkansas
VS
PLACE B
Mountain Home, North Carolina
Fifty-Six is 95% smaller than Mountain Home. Mountain Home earns more, with a median household income $28,708 higher. Mountain Home has grown faster since 2000 (-4% vs -9%).
FIFTY-SIXMOUNTAIN HOMEDIFFERENCE
Total population1633,437−95% vs Mountain Home
Population density79911−833
Population growth-8.7%-3.6%−5.0 pts
Median age50.550.5Even
Male40.0%51.9%−11.9 pts
Female60.0%48.1%+11.9 pts
Foreign-born1.0%11.5%−10.5 pts
White, non-Hispanic94.1%80.6%+13.6 pts
Black0.5%1.0%−0.6 pts
Hispanic / Latino2.0%15.5%−13.6 pts
Asian0.5%1.7%−1.3 pts
Other2.9%1.1%+1.9 pts
Median household income$54,375$83,083−$28,708
Per capita income$24,514$41,711−$17,197
Poverty rate7.3%11.9%−4.6 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3250.404−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher29.3%42.0%−12.7 pts
Graduate degree11.3%9.3%+2.0 pts
Unemployment rate17.6%0.7%+16.9 pts
Labor force participation46.5%65.5%−18.9 pts
Median home value$176,800$400,000−$223,200
Median gross rent$863$1,240−$377
Owner-occupied90.5%75.4%+15.1 pts
Housing vacancy rate30.2%6.5%+23.7 pts
Rent-burdened households57.1%61.4%−4.3 pts
Average commute31.118.8+12.3
Worked from home1.7%7.1%−5.4 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured4.4%12.5%−8.1 pts
Population, 1990 – 2024