Cushman vs Pleasant Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Cushman and Pleasant Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cushman has the higher population (456 vs 263 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $42,411 in Cushman). Pleasant Plains has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $115,700 in Cushman).

Population, income & housing

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
Population	456	263
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,411	$57,143
Median home value	$115,700	$130,500
Median gross rent	$464	$1,000
Housing units	222	97
Homeownership rate	79.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
Population	438 → 456 (+4.1%)	287 → 263 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$37,031 → $42,411 (+14.5%)	$39,821 → $57,143 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $115,700 (+99.1%)	$78,800 → $130,500 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $464 (+23.7%)	$642 → $1,000 (+55.8%)

Cushman

Population

438456

Median household income

$37,031$42,411

Median home value

$58,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$375$464

Pleasant Plains

Population

287263

Median household income

$39,821$57,143

Median home value

$78,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$642$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
Under 5	9.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	20.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.9%
75 and over	9.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
No high school diploma	19.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
Drove alone	75.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	22.9%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
1-unit, detached	63.5%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Cushman	Pleasant Plains
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.41	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1981	1978