Friendship, Arkansas Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 206. Estimated population in July 2024: 212 (+2.9% change)
Males: 98 (47.6%), Females: 108 (52.4%)
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.3 years
Median household income: $39,792
Median house value: $56,700
Population by Race
Races in Friendship:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
Ancestries: United States (26.7%), Irish (17.5%), English (12.6%), French (3.9%), Italian (3.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.9%).
Land area: 0.7 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Friendship
- High school or higher: 75.2%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.6%
- Unemployed: 4.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Friendship town
- Never married: 13.3%
- Now married: 61.8%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 13.9%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +44 (+27.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Friendship:
- BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER -ARKADEL (about 9 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR)
- HOT SPRING COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; MALVERN, AR)
- ADVANCE CARE HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Friendship:
- MEMORIAL FIELD (about 18 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Abbreviation: HOT)
- ADAMS FIELD (about 65 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Abbreviation: LIT)
- LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 77 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR; Abbreviation: LRF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Friendship:
- DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD (about 11 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Abbreviation: M89)
- MALVERN MUNI (about 19 miles; MALVERN, AR; Abbreviation: M78)
- GURDON LOWE FIELD (about 24 miles; GURDON, AR; Abbreviation: 5M8)
Amtrak stations near Friendship:
- 9 miles: ARKADELPHIA (798 S. 5TH ST.)
- 17 miles: MALVERN (200 E. 1ST ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service.
- 20 miles: HOT SPRINGS (100 BROADWAY TER.) – Bus Station
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Friendship:
- HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,109)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 58 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Full-time enrollment: 8,024)
- SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 69 miles; MAGNOLIA, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,646)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 73 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,801)
- ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 4,450)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 76 miles; CONWAY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 7,693)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO (about 94 miles; Monticello, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,048)