Valley Springs vs Zinc

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

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

Valley Springs has the higher population (198 vs 60 in Zinc). Valley Springs has the higher median household income ($69,141 vs $34,375 in Zinc). Since 2019, Valley Springs's population has grown faster (-14.3% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Springs	Zinc
Population	198	60
Median age	38.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,141	$34,375
Median home value	$102,300	—
Median gross rent	$813	$600
Housing units	83	48
Homeownership rate	90.1%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Springs	Zinc
Population	231 → 198 (-14.3%)	81 → 60 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $69,141 (+39.6%)	$25,000 → $34,375 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $102,300 (+26.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$640 → $813 (+27.0%)	$613 → $600 (-2.1%)

Valley Springs

Population

231198

Median household income

$49,531$69,141

Median home value

$81,000$102,300

Median gross rent

$640$813

Zinc

Population

8160

Median household income

$25,000$34,375

Median gross rent

$613$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valley Springs	Zinc
Under 5	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	21.7%
35 to 44	20.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	36.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.0%
75 and over	5.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Springs	Zinc
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	90.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Springs	Zinc
No high school diploma	11.7%	20.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Springs	Zinc
Drove alone	90.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	29.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Springs	Zinc
1-unit, detached	86.7%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.3%	43.8%

Poverty & households

	Valley Springs	Zinc
Poverty rate	6.1%	20.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1974	1976