Black Oak vs Caraway

A side-by-side comparison of Black Oak and Caraway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caraway has the higher population (1,078 vs 185 in Black Oak). Black Oak has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $41,667 in Caraway). Caraway has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $68,300 in Black Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Black Oak	Caraway
Population	185	1,078
Median age	40.8 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$41,667
Median home value	$68,300	$73,800
Median gross rent	$625	$481
Housing units	94	497
Homeownership rate	83.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Oak	Caraway
Population	215 → 185 (-14.0%)	1,000 → 1,078 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$51,071 → $46,875 (-8.2%)	$43,958 → $41,667 (-5.2%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $68,300 (-7.2%)	$48,800 → $73,800 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$365 → $625 (+71.2%)	$573 → $481 (-16.1%)

Black Oak

Population

215185

Median household income

$51,071$46,875

Median home value

$73,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$365$625

Caraway

Population

1,0001,078

Median household income

$43,958$41,667

Median home value

$48,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$573$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Oak	Caraway
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	28.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	18.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	3.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.4%
75 and over	4.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Oak	Caraway
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Oak	Caraway
No high school diploma	29.1%	19.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Oak	Caraway
Drove alone	91.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Oak	Caraway
1-unit, detached	75.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Oak	Caraway
Poverty rate	22.4%	22.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1978	1974