Earle vs Horseshoe Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Earle and Horseshoe Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earle has the higher population (1,421 vs 396 in Horseshoe Lake). Horseshoe Lake has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $26,985 in Earle). Horseshoe Lake has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $93,300 in Earle).

Population, income & housing

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
Population	1,421	396
Median age	36.1 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,985	$58,750
Median home value	$93,300	$93,500
Median gross rent	$591	$821
Housing units	816	293
Homeownership rate	36.2%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
Population	2,190 → 1,421 (-35.1%)	432 → 396 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$34,063 → $26,985 (-20.8%)	$37,143 → $58,750 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $93,300 (+46.9%)	$67,600 → $93,500 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $591 (-12.7%)	$658 → $821 (+24.8%)

Earle

Population

2,1901,421

Median household income

$34,063$26,985

Median home value

$63,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$677$591

Horseshoe Lake

Population

432396

Median household income

$37,143$58,750

Median home value

$67,600$93,500

Median gross rent

$658$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
Under 5	9.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	2.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	28.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	19.2%
75 and over	2.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	74.5%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.4%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
No high school diploma	31.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
Drove alone	49.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	43.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.6%	2.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
1-unit, detached	69.5%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Earle	Horseshoe Lake
Poverty rate	45.4%	10.4%
Average household size	2.56	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	45
Median year structure built	1971	1976