Cave Springs vs Siloam Springs

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

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

Siloam Springs has the higher population (18,096 vs 5,778 in Cave Springs). Cave Springs has the higher median household income ($147,917 vs $65,725 in Siloam Springs). Cave Springs has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $205,000 in Siloam Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
Population	5,778	18,096
Median age	34.4 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$147,917	$65,725
Median home value	$431,300	$205,000
Median gross rent	$2,081	$941
Housing units	1,925	6,763
Homeownership rate	93.4%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
Population	4,359 → 5,778 (+32.6%)	16,715 → 18,096 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $147,917 (+9.8%)	$47,016 → $65,725 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$309,600 → $431,300 (+39.3%)	$135,500 → $205,000 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $2,081 (+30.5%)	$743 → $941 (+26.6%)

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

Siloam Springs

Population

16,71518,096

Median household income

$47,016$65,725

Median home value

$135,500$205,000

Median gross rent

$743$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
Under 5	10.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	24.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	13.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	2.9%	5.9%
75 and over	5.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	51.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.4%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
No high school diploma	2.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
Drove alone	77.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.7%	7.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
1-unit, detached	99.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Cave Springs	Siloam Springs
Poverty rate	1.4%	13.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2013	1993