Dierks vs Mineral Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Dierks and Mineral Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineral Springs has the higher population (1,169 vs 636 in Dierks). Mineral Springs has the higher median household income ($54,931 vs $23,333 in Dierks). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $73,800 in Dierks).

Population, income & housing

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
Population	636	1,169
Median age	60.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,333	$54,931
Median home value	$73,800	$132,500
Median gross rent	$623	$831
Housing units	465	548
Homeownership rate	77.6%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
Population	874 → 636 (-27.2%)	1,135 → 1,169 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$37,984 → $23,333 (-38.6%)	$39,028 → $54,931 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $73,800 (+15.5%)	$87,900 → $132,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $623 (+66.1%)	$650 → $831 (+27.8%)

Dierks

Population

874636

Median household income

$37,984$23,333

Median home value

$63,900$73,800

Median gross rent

$375$623

Mineral Springs

Population

1,1351,169

Median household income

$39,028$54,931

Median home value

$87,900$132,500

Median gross rent

$650$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
Under 5	7.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	6.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	5.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.8%
75 and over	21.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	37.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	76.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Dierks	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	42.8%	11.8%
Average household size	1.62	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1974	1977