Alpine vs Whelen Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Whelen Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpine has the higher population (67 vs 47 in Whelen Springs). Since 2019, Whelen Springs's population has grown faster (-23.0% vs -48.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
Population	67	47
Median age	35.2 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median home value	—	$137,500
Housing units	20	16
Homeownership rate	0.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
Population	129 → 67 (-48.1%)	61 → 47 (-23.0%)
Median household income	—	$43,393 → $81,250 (+87.2%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $137,500 (+44.7%)

Alpine

Population

12967

Whelen Springs

Population

6147

Median household income

$43,393$81,250

Median home value

$95,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
Under 5	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 17	37.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	31.9%
35 to 44	62.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	2.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.4%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	36.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	36.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	26.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.5%
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	0.0%	37.5%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Whelen Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	3.35	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1988