Highfill vs Prairie Creek

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

Highfill and Prairie Creek are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie Creek has the higher population (2,367 vs 1,899 in Highfill). Highfill has the higher median household income ($102,000 vs $94,457 in Prairie Creek). Prairie Creek has the higher median home value ($360,200 vs $229,000 in Highfill).

Population, income & housing

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
Population	1,899	2,367
Median age	31.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,000	$94,457
Median home value	$229,000	$360,200
Median gross rent	$1,394	$1,069
Housing units	742	987
Homeownership rate	84.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
Population	874 → 1,899 (+117.3%)	2,421 → 2,367 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $102,000 (+31.6%)	$74,922 → $94,457 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $229,000 (+14.8%)	$222,800 → $360,200 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,394 (+81.0%)	$867 → $1,069 (+23.3%)

Highfill

Population

8741,899

Median household income

$77,500$102,000

Median home value

$199,400$229,000

Median gross rent

$770$1,394

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)

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	25.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	6.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.6%
75 and over	1.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.3%
Two or more races	9.6%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	13.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	74.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	93.7%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Highfill	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	2012	1990