Piney vs Rockwell

A side-by-side comparison of Piney and Rockwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piney has the higher population (4,485 vs 3,921 in Rockwell). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($61,452 vs $49,002 in Piney). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $131,300 in Piney).

Population, income & housing

	Piney	Rockwell
Population	4,485	3,921
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,002	$61,452
Median home value	$131,300	$255,700
Median gross rent	$939	$980
Housing units	2,386	2,056
Homeownership rate	46.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piney	Rockwell
Population	4,521 → 4,485 (-0.8%)	4,744 → 3,921 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$40,302 → $49,002 (+21.6%)	$52,219 → $61,452 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $131,300 (+36.8%)	$211,400 → $255,700 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $939 (+12.7%)	$953 → $980 (+2.8%)

Piney

Population

4,5214,485

Median household income

$40,302$49,002

Median home value

$96,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$833$939

Rockwell

Population

4,7443,921

Median household income

$52,219$61,452

Median home value

$211,400$255,700

Median gross rent

$953$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piney	Rockwell
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.1%
75 and over	4.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piney	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piney	Rockwell
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piney	Rockwell
Drove alone	81.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.5%
Other means	2.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piney	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	50.6%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Piney	Rockwell
Poverty rate	28.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1991	1989