Alma vs Mountainburg

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Mountainburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alma has the higher population (5,879 vs 630 in Mountainburg). Alma has the higher median household income ($58,320 vs $53,250 in Mountainburg). Alma has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $78,400 in Mountainburg).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Mountainburg
Population	5,879	630
Median age	27.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,320	$53,250
Median home value	$197,200	$78,400
Median gross rent	$992	$709
Housing units	2,207	278
Homeownership rate	45.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Mountainburg
Population	5,742 → 5,879 (+2.4%)	579 → 630 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$40,983 → $58,320 (+42.3%)	$40,000 → $53,250 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $197,200 (+35.2%)	$71,700 → $78,400 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $992 (+61.3%)	$504 → $709 (+40.7%)

Alma

Population

5,7425,879

Median household income

$40,983$58,320

Median home value

$145,900$197,200

Median gross rent

$615$992

Mountainburg

Population

579630

Median household income

$40,000$53,250

Median home value

$71,700$78,400

Median gross rent

$504$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Mountainburg
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	27.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	25.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.0%
75 and over	6.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Mountainburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	5.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Mountainburg
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Mountainburg
Drove alone	89.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Mountainburg
1-unit, detached	58.9%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.2%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Mountainburg
Poverty rate	25.0%	16.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1996	1970