Eureka Springs vs Holiday Island

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

Eureka Springs 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 2,269 in Eureka Springs). Holiday Island has the higher median household income ($52,700 vs $41,821 in Eureka Springs). Eureka Springs has the higher median home value ($246,900 vs $212,100 in Holiday Island).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
Population	2,269	2,405
Median age	50.9 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,821	$52,700
Median home value	$246,900	$212,100
Median gross rent	$845	$870
Housing units	1,336	1,773
Homeownership rate	62.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
Population	1,991 → 2,269 (+14.0%)	2,353 → 2,405 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,821 (+9.4%)	$48,000 → $52,700 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $246,900 (+55.7%)	$157,800 → $212,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $845 (+30.8%)	$763 → $870 (+14.0%)

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

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)

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	2.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	23.6%
75 and over	9.7%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
Drove alone	68.8%	52.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	28.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	12.5%
Other means	1.7%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
1-unit, detached	76.0%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Eureka Springs	Holiday Island
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.23	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1975	1995