Higden vs Tumbling Shoals

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

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

Tumbling Shoals has the higher population (752 vs 129 in Higden). Higden has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $39,677 in Tumbling Shoals). Higden has the higher median home value ($202,500 vs $115,800 in Tumbling Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
Population	129	752
Median age	53.5 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$39,677
Median home value	$202,500	$115,800
Housing units	182	724
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
Population	90 → 129 (+43.3%)	985 → 752 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $73,750 (+69.4%)	$40,125 → $39,677 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $202,500 (+67.6%)	$139,100 → $115,800 (-16.8%)

Higden

Population

90129

Median household income

$43,542$73,750

Median home value

$120,800$202,500

Tumbling Shoals

Population

985752

Median household income

$40,125$39,677

Median home value

$139,100$115,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	3.9%
45 to 54	5.4%	18.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	24.8%	22.9%
75 and over	10.9%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
No high school diploma	2.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	27.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
Drove alone	84.1%	96.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
1-unit, detached	70.9%	66.2%
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	29.1%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Higden	Tumbling Shoals
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.43	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1978	1986