Highfill vs Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Highfill and Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highfill has the higher population (1,899 vs 516 in Sulphur Springs). Highfill has the higher median household income ($102,000 vs $34,500 in Sulphur Springs). Highfill has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $110,700 in Sulphur Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
Population	1,899	516
Median age	31.9 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,000	$34,500
Median home value	$229,000	$110,700
Median gross rent	$1,394	$874
Housing units	742	241
Homeownership rate	84.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
Population	874 → 1,899 (+117.3%)	464 → 516 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $102,000 (+31.6%)	$24,766 → $34,500 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $229,000 (+14.8%)	$65,000 → $110,700 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,394 (+81.0%)	$759 → $874 (+15.2%)

Highfill

Population

8741,899

Median household income

$77,500$102,000

Median home value

$199,400$229,000

Median gross rent

$770$1,394

Sulphur Springs

Population

464516

Median household income

$24,766$34,500

Median home value

$65,000$110,700

Median gross rent

$759$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	25.8%	24.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.3%
75 and over	1.7%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	32.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	13.3%	29.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	74.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	24.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	93.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Highfill	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	4.5%	33.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2012	1955