Big Flat vs Henderson

A side-by-side comparison of Big Flat and Henderson: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Flat and Henderson are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henderson has the higher population (494 vs 62 in Big Flat). Henderson has the higher median household income ($42,948 vs $19,500 in Big Flat). Since 2019, Big Flat's population has grown faster (+169.6% vs +15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flat	Henderson
Population	62	494
Median age	27.3 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$42,948
Median home value	—	$196,600
Housing units	60	546
Homeownership rate	87.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	35.5%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flat	Henderson
Population	23 → 62 (+169.6%)	427 → 494 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$21,250 → $19,500 (-8.2%)	$36,904 → $42,948 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $154,200 (+162.2%)	$162,000 → $196,600 (+21.4%)

Big Flat

Population

2362

Median household income

$21,250$19,500

Median home value

$58,800$154,200

Henderson

Population

427494

Median household income

$36,904$42,948

Median home value

$162,000$196,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flat	Henderson
Under 5	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	0.6%
18 to 24	12.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	39.1%
75 and over	6.5%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flat	Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flat	Henderson
No high school diploma	27.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	54.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flat	Henderson
Drove alone	70.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	25.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flat	Henderson
1-unit, detached	76.7%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Flat	Henderson
Poverty rate	72.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.58	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1958	1978