Cave Springs vs Gentry

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

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

Cave Springs has the higher population (5,778 vs 4,069 in Gentry). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $65,325 in Gentry). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $162,400 in Gentry).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Springs	Gentry
Population	5,778	4,069
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$147,917	$65,325
Median home value	$431,300	$162,400
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,092
Housing units	1,925	1,688
Homeownership rate	93.4%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Springs	Gentry
Population	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)	3,852 → 4,069 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)	$51,350 → $65,325 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)	$124,400 → $162,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)	$798 → $1,092 (+36.8%)

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

Gentry

Population

3,8524,069

Median household income

$51,350$65,325

Median home value

$124,400$162,400

Median gross rent

$798$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Springs	Gentry
Under 5	10.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	2.9%	13.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Springs	Gentry
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	63.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.9%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	22.4%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Springs	Gentry
No high school diploma	2.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Springs	Gentry
Drove alone	77.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	5.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Springs	Gentry
1-unit, detached	99.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cave Springs	Gentry
Poverty rate	1.4%	8.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	2013	1994