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A town of 4,167, settled in 1903.
Gibson gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $158K, 2.3 years of the Little Rock metro’s $67K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 35th of 123 in Arkansas. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 76% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On health, just 17 of Arkansas’ 201 towns do better. Gibson has 2 places on the National Register.
3,543 counted in 2010 and 4,111 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Gibson is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,678 in 2000, 4,111 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1941 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gibson. Close and well known come first.
12 mi National Historic SiteLittle Rock Central High School National Historic Site49K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumClinton Presidential Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaSimmons Bank Arena12 mi Zoo & aquariumLittle Rock Zoo11 mi MuseumArkansas Museum of Fine Arts
10 mi MuseumArkansas Inland Maritime MuseumLittle Rock Central High School National Historic Site: Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clinton Presidential Center: Archipreneur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Simmons Bank Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum: Jkmattson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gibson is unincorporated, so Pulaski County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Gibson.
Gibson is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Little Rock and beyond.
Gibson has 59 jobs for its 1,755 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.6% of Gibson working residents work locally, below both Arkansas’ towns (22%) and U.S. towns (8%). 11% of residents live below the poverty line in Gibson. The top destinations are Little Rock (44%), North Little Rock (17%) and Sherwood (8%).
| Gibson | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Gibson has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. At 92°F, Gibson’s July high is where Arkansas’ towns sit at 92°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,144 U.S. towns with household incomes like Gibson’s, it is healthier than 82%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. Within Arkansas it is healthier than 89% of the 123 graded towns: much of Arkansas scores lower on these measures.
Gibson beats the Arkansas average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of Gibson adults report frequent physical distress.
| Gibson | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 34% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Gibson | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.3% | 18.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.5% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Arkansas average. 18% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 26% across Arkansas.
| Gibson | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 18% | 20% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| Median age | 39 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across Arkansas, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Gibson | AR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 12.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.7% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.4% | 34.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.5% | 20.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.4% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 2.6% | 9.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
At 2.3 years of the Little Rock metro’s $67K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 85% of Arkansas towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Only 10 of the 123 Arkansas towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Gibson. The median rent in Gibson is $1,197 a month.
| Gibson | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 60% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,197 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
7 within 15 miles of the center of Gibson
About 3 of every 100 Gibson residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
Where Gibson’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
CDP in Arkansas, United States
Gibson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gibson had a population of 4,111. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gibson contains the silver deposits that gave North Little Rock its older name of Argenta (derived from the Latin word for silver).
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2 towns share a border with Gibson.
| Town | AR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | #35 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | B |
| Sherwood | #46 | C | B | D | C+ | B− |
| North Little Rock | #102 | D− | B− | D− | C | D |
Gibson reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Gibson with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Gibson grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #35 of 123 in Arkansas. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $158,000, 30% below the Arkansas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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