Mountainburg vs Mulberry

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

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

Mulberry has the higher population (1,573 vs 630 in Mountainburg). Mountainburg has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $47,596 in Mulberry). Mulberry has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $78,400 in Mountainburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
Population	630	1,573
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$47,596
Median home value	$78,400	$122,600
Median gross rent	$709	$676
Housing units	278	814
Homeownership rate	84.1%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
Population	579 → 630 (+8.8%)	1,599 → 1,573 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $53,250 (+33.1%)	$35,000 → $47,596 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $78,400 (+9.3%)	$72,900 → $122,600 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $709 (+40.7%)	$596 → $676 (+13.4%)

Mountainburg

Population

579630

Median household income

$40,000$53,250

Median home value

$71,700$78,400

Median gross rent

$504$709

Mulberry

Population

1,5991,573

Median household income

$35,000$47,596

Median home value

$72,900$122,600

Median gross rent

$596$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	25.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.2%
75 and over	4.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
No high school diploma	8.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
Drove alone	72.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	79.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Mountainburg	Mulberry
Poverty rate	16.7%	13.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1970	1975