Cave Springs vs Pea Ridge

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

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

Pea Ridge has the higher population (7,348 vs 5,778 in Cave Springs). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $93,627 in Pea Ridge). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $255,600 in Pea Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
Population	5,778	7,348
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$147,917	$93,627
Median home value	$431,300	$255,600
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,395
Housing units	1,925	2,817
Homeownership rate	93.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
Population	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)	5,717 → 7,348 (+28.5%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)	$63,918 → $93,627 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)	$133,400 → $255,600 (+91.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)	$1,029 → $1,395 (+35.6%)

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

Pea Ridge

Population

5,7177,348

Median household income

$63,918$93,627

Median home value

$133,400$255,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
Under 5	10.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	24.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	2.9%	10.8%
75 and over	5.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	4.8%
Two or more races	22.4%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	22.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
Drove alone	77.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	16.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
1-unit, detached	99.4%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cave Springs	Pea Ridge
Poverty rate	1.4%	4.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	2013	1997