Cave Springs vs Prairie Creek

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

Cave Springs and Prairie Creek 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 2,367 in Prairie Creek). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $94,457 in Prairie Creek). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $360,200 in Prairie Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
Population	5,778	2,367
Median age	34.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$147,917	$94,457
Median home value	$431,300	$360,200
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,069
Housing units	1,925	987
Homeownership rate	93.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
Population	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)	2,421 → 2,367 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)	$74,922 → $94,457 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)	$222,800 → $360,200 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)	$867 → $1,069 (+23.3%)

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

Prairie Creek

Population

2,4212,367

Median household income

$74,922$94,457

Median home value

$222,800$360,200

Median gross rent

$867$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
Under 5	10.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	8.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	16.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	2.9%	12.6%
75 and over	5.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	22.4%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	77.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	99.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Cave Springs	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	1.4%	10.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2013	1990