Alpena vs Valley Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Alpena and Valley Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpena has the higher population (429 vs 198 in Valley Springs). Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($69,141 vs $47,500 in Alpena). Alpena has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $102,300 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Alpena	Valley Springs
Population	429	198
Median age	34.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$69,141
Median home value	$102,500	$102,300
Median gross rent	$765	$813
Housing units	160	83
Homeownership rate	58.8%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpena	Valley Springs
Population	309 → 429 (+38.8%)	231 → 198 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $47,500 (+38.2%)	$49,531 → $69,141 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $102,500 (+50.5%)	$81,000 → $102,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $765 (+31.2%)	$640 → $813 (+27.0%)

Alpena

Population

309429

Median household income

$34,375$47,500

Median home value

$68,100$102,500

Median gross rent

$583$765

Valley Springs

Population

231198

Median household income

$49,531$69,141

Median home value

$81,000$102,300

Median gross rent

$640$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpena	Valley Springs
Under 5	2.3%	12.1%
5 to 17	30.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.1%
75 and over	2.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpena	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpena	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	17.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	54.9%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpena	Valley Springs
Drove alone	74.7%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	11.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpena	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	66.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Alpena	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	15.7%	6.1%
Average household size	3.15	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1976	1974