Mountainburg vs Rudy

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

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

Mountainburg has the higher population (630 vs 149 in Rudy). Mountainburg has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $52,847 in Rudy). Since 2019, Rudy's population has grown faster (+125.8% vs +8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainburg	Rudy
Population	630	149
Median age	39.0 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$52,847
Median home value	$78,400	—
Median gross rent	$709	—
Housing units	278	55
Homeownership rate	84.1%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainburg	Rudy
Population	579 → 630 (+8.8%)	66 → 149 (+125.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $53,250 (+33.1%)	$45,568 → $52,847 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $78,400 (+9.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$504 → $709 (+40.7%)	$541 → $594 (+9.8%)

Mountainburg

Population

579630

Median household income

$40,000$53,250

Median home value

$71,700$78,400

Median gross rent

$504$709

Rudy

Population

66149

Median household income

$45,568$52,847

Median gross rent

$541$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainburg	Rudy
Under 5	3.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	26.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	25.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.1%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainburg	Rudy
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	43.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	36.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainburg	Rudy
No high school diploma	8.1%	41.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainburg	Rudy
Drove alone	72.2%	93.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainburg	Rudy
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Mountainburg	Rudy
Poverty rate	16.7%	40.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1970	1967