Bellefonte vs Valley Springs

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

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

Bellefonte has the higher population (497 vs 198 in Valley Springs). Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($69,141 vs $46,563 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $102,300 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
Population	497	198
Median age	31.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$69,141
Median home value	$170,800	$102,300
Median gross rent	$759	$813
Housing units	211	83
Homeownership rate	44.3%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
Population	443 → 497 (+12.2%)	231 → 198 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$40,556 → $46,563 (+14.8%)	$49,531 → $69,141 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $170,800 (+49.0%)	$81,000 → $102,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $759 (+38.8%)	$640 → $813 (+27.0%)

Bellefonte

Population

443497

Median household income

$40,556$46,563

Median home value

$114,600$170,800

Median gross rent

$547$759

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)

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
Under 5	14.9%	12.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.1%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	14.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
Drove alone	72.3%	90.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	70.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	33.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1967	1974