Blue Eye vs Holiday Island

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

Blue Eye 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 21 in Blue Eye). Holiday Island has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $60,000 in Blue Eye). Since 2019, Holiday Island's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -71.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
Population	21	2,405
Median age	47.1 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,700
Median home value	$60,000	$212,100
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	7	1,773
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
Population	74 → 21 (-71.6%)	2,353 → 2,405 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$16,667 → $26,250 (+57.5%)	$48,000 → $52,700 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $60,000 (-17.2%)	$157,800 → $212,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $870 (+14.0%)

Blue Eye

Population

7421

Median household income

$16,667$26,250

Median home value

$72,500$60,000

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)

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
Under 5	9.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	47.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	23.6%
75 and over	0.0%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.4%
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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
No high school diploma	15.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	84.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
Drove alone	100.0%	52.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
1-unit, detached	85.7%	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	14.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	Holiday Island
Poverty rate	81.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.50	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1954	1995