Beaver vs Eureka Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Eureka Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eureka Springs has the higher population (2,269 vs 91 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $41,821 in Eureka Springs). Eureka Springs has the higher median home value ($246,900 vs $237,500 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
Population	91	2,269
Median age	52.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$41,821
Median home value	$237,500	$246,900
Median gross rent	—	$845
Housing units	47	1,336
Homeownership rate	87.8%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
Population	56 → 91 (+62.5%)	1,991 → 2,269 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $57,750 (+4.6%)	$38,214 → $41,821 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $237,500 (+90.0%)	$158,600 → $246,900 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$646 → $845 (+30.8%)

Beaver

Population

5691

Median household income

$55,208$57,750

Median home value

$125,000$237,500

Eureka Springs

Population

1,9912,269

Median household income

$38,214$41,821

Median home value

$158,600$246,900

Median gross rent

$646$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
Under 5	2.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	30.8%	16.0%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	27.5%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
Drove alone	36.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	52.8%	17.0%
Other means	5.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
1-unit, detached	80.9%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Eureka Springs
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1988	1975