Beaver vs Holiday Island

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Holiday Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holiday Island has the higher population (2,405 vs 91 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $52,700 in Holiday Island). Beaver has the higher median home value ($237,500 vs $212,100 in Holiday Island).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Holiday Island
Population	91	2,405
Median age	52.5 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$52,700
Median home value	$237,500	$212,100
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	47	1,773
Homeownership rate	87.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Holiday Island
Population	56 → 91 (+62.5%)	2,353 → 2,405 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $57,750 (+4.6%)	$48,000 → $52,700 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $237,500 (+90.0%)	$157,800 → $212,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $870 (+14.0%)

Beaver

Population

5691

Median household income

$55,208$57,750

Median home value

$125,000$237,500

Holiday Island

Population

2,3532,405

Median household income

$48,000$52,700

Median home value

$157,800$212,100

Median gross rent

$763$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Holiday Island
Under 5	2.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	30.8%	23.6%
75 and over	9.9%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Holiday Island
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	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	27.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Holiday Island
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Holiday Island
Drove alone	36.1%	52.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	28.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.8%	12.5%
Other means	5.6%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Holiday Island
1-unit, detached	80.9%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Holiday Island
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.22	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1988	1995