Cherry Valley vs Hickory Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Hickory Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherry Valley and Hickory Ridge are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherry Valley has the higher population (661 vs 302 in Hickory Ridge). Hickory Ridge has the higher median household income ($45,500 vs $40,156 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($79,100 vs $51,000 in Hickory Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
Population	661	302
Median age	39.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,156	$45,500
Median home value	$79,100	$51,000
Median gross rent	$875	$765
Housing units	283	122
Homeownership rate	64.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
Population	792 → 661 (-16.5%)	232 → 302 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $40,156 (-4.4%)	$35,000 → $45,500 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $79,100 (+17.2%)	$47,600 → $51,000 (+7.1%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $875 (+6.3%)	$458 → $765 (+67.0%)

Cherry Valley

Population

792661

Median household income

$42,000$40,156

Median home value

$67,500$79,100

Median gross rent

$823$875

Hickory Ridge

Population

232302

Median household income

$35,000$45,500

Median home value

$47,600$51,000

Median gross rent

$458$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
Under 5	3.2%	11.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	4.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	16.2%
75 and over	3.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
No high school diploma	15.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	55.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
Drove alone	70.5%	94.7%
Carpooled	19.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
1-unit, detached	64.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Hickory Ridge
Poverty rate	11.2%	33.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1975	1970