Heber Springs vs Tumbling Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Heber Springs and Tumbling Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heber Springs has the higher population (7,101 vs 752 in Tumbling Shoals). Heber Springs has the higher median household income ($49,917 vs $39,677 in Tumbling Shoals). Heber Springs has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $115,800 in Tumbling Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
Population	7,101	752
Median age	45.9 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,917	$39,677
Median home value	$152,900	$115,800
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	3,769	724
Homeownership rate	65.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
Population	6,992 → 7,101 (+1.6%)	985 → 752 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$42,460 → $49,917 (+17.6%)	$40,125 → $39,677 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $152,900 (+25.4%)	$139,100 → $115,800 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $833 (+17.7%)	—

Heber Springs

Population

6,9927,101

Median household income

$42,460$49,917

Median home value

$121,900$152,900

Median gross rent

$708$833

Tumbling Shoals

Population

985752

Median household income

$40,125$39,677

Median home value

$139,100$115,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	3.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	23.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	22.9%
75 and over	15.3%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	7.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	42.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
Drove alone	73.8%	96.2%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
1-unit, detached	81.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Heber Springs	Tumbling Shoals
Poverty rate	15.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.13	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1986