Plumerville vs Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Plumerville and Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plumerville has the higher population (1,008 vs 377 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($72,426 vs $38,438 in Plumerville). Since 2019, Springfield's population has grown faster (+109.4% vs +17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Plumerville	Springfield
Population	1,008	377
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,438	$72,426
Median home value	$112,100	—
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	519	159
Homeownership rate	60.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plumerville	Springfield
Population	857 → 1,008 (+17.6%)	180 → 377 (+109.4%)
Median household income	$38,077 → $38,438 (+0.9%)	$83,205 → $72,426 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $112,100 (+61.8%)	$133,200 → $154,900 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $706 (+19.5%)	—

Plumerville

Population

8571,008

Median household income

$38,077$38,438

Median home value

$69,300$112,100

Median gross rent

$591$706

Springfield

Population

180377

Median household income

$83,205$72,426

Median home value

$133,200$154,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plumerville	Springfield
Under 5	4.1%	11.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	25.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.7%
75 and over	6.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plumerville	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	18.1%	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	1.0%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plumerville	Springfield
No high school diploma	15.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plumerville	Springfield
Drove alone	75.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	19.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plumerville	Springfield
1-unit, detached	72.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Plumerville	Springfield
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1975	1991