Big Flat vs Salesville

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

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

Salesville has the higher population (498 vs 62 in Big Flat). Salesville has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $19,500 in Big Flat). Since 2019, Big Flat's population has grown faster (+169.6% vs +33.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flat	Salesville
Population	62	498
Median age	27.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$49,063
Median home value	—	$105,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,025
Housing units	60	318
Homeownership rate	87.5%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	35.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flat	Salesville
Population	23 → 62 (+169.6%)	374 → 498 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$21,250 → $19,500 (-8.2%)	$35,000 → $49,063 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $154,200 (+162.2%)	$83,700 → $105,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $1,025 (+64.0%)

Big Flat

Population

2362

Median household income

$21,250$19,500

Median home value

$58,800$154,200

Salesville

Population

374498

Median household income

$35,000$49,063

Median home value

$83,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flat	Salesville
Under 5	11.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.6%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.1%
75 and over	6.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flat	Salesville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flat	Salesville
No high school diploma	27.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	54.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flat	Salesville
Drove alone	70.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	25.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flat	Salesville
1-unit, detached	76.7%	54.1%
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%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Flat	Salesville
Poverty rate	72.6%	26.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1958	1981