Pleasant Plains vs Sulphur Rock

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

Pleasant Plains 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 263 in Pleasant Plains). Pleasant Plains has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $49,440 in Sulphur Rock). Sulphur Rock has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $130,500 in Pleasant Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
Population	263	747
Median age	37.8 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$49,440
Median home value	$130,500	$150,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$774
Housing units	97	360
Homeownership rate	79.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
Population	287 → 263 (-8.4%)	691 → 747 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$39,821 → $57,143 (+43.5%)	$46,042 → $49,440 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $130,500 (+65.6%)	$66,700 → $150,700 (+125.9%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $1,000 (+55.8%)	$716 → $774 (+8.1%)

Pleasant Plains

Population

287263

Median household income

$39,821$57,143

Median home value

$78,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$642$1,000

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)

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
Under 5	8.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	16.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	20.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.4%
75 and over	9.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.1%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
No high school diploma	13.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
Drove alone	81.4%	89.8%
Carpooled	18.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
1-unit, detached	90.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	24.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Plains	Sulphur Rock
Poverty rate	11.5%	20.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1978	1995