Bella Vista vs Cave Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bella Vista and Cave Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bella Vista and Cave Springs are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bella Vista has the higher population (30,935 vs 5,778 in Cave Springs). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $85,932 in Bella Vista). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $262,400 in Bella Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
Population	30,935	5,778
Median age	51.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,932	$147,917
Median home value	$262,400	$431,300
Median gross rent	$1,316	$2,081
Housing units	14,209	1,925
Homeownership rate	88.2%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
Population	28,539 → 30,935 (+8.4%)	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$67,550 → $85,932 (+27.2%)	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $262,400 (+56.2%)	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,316 (+39.7%)	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)

Bella Vista

Population

28,53930,935

Median household income

$67,550$85,932

Median home value

$168,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$942$1,316

Cave Springs

Population

4,3595,778

Median household income

$134,740$147,917

Median home value

$309,600$431,300

Median gross rent

$1,595$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
Under 5	3.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	2.9%
75 and over	14.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	68.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.3%	22.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
Drove alone	72.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	18.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
1-unit, detached	90.9%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bella Vista	Cave Springs
Poverty rate	3.5%	1.4%
Average household size	2.39	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1995	2013