Oil Trough vs Sulphur Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Oil Trough and Sulphur Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Oil Trough and Sulphur Rock are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sulphur Rock has the higher population (747 vs 281 in Oil Trough). Sulphur Rock has the higher median household income ($49,440 vs $37,778 in Oil Trough). Sulphur Rock has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $84,000 in Oil Trough).

Population, income & housing

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
Population	281	747
Median age	19.5 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,778	$49,440
Median home value	$84,000	$150,700
Median gross rent	—	$774
Housing units	116	360
Homeownership rate	76.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
Population	222 → 281 (+26.6%)	691 → 747 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $37,778 (-17.8%)	$46,042 → $49,440 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $84,000 (+21.0%)	$66,700 → $150,700 (+125.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $525 (-12.5%)	$716 → $774 (+8.1%)

Oil Trough

Population

222281

Median household income

$45,938$37,778

Median home value

$69,400$84,000

Median gross rent

$600$525

Sulphur Rock

Population

691747

Median household income

$46,042$49,440

Median home value

$66,700$150,700

Median gross rent

$716$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
Under 5	27.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	16.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	3.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.4%
75 and over	11.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	73.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	33.5%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
No high school diploma	8.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
Drove alone	56.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	17.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
1-unit, detached	83.6%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Oil Trough	Sulphur Rock
Poverty rate	49.1%	20.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1970	1995