Southside vs Sulphur Rock

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

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

Southside has the higher population (4,254 vs 747 in Sulphur Rock). Southside has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $49,440 in Sulphur Rock). Sulphur Rock has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $127,400 in Southside).

Population, income & housing

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
Population	4,254	747
Median age	34.5 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,469	$49,440
Median home value	$127,400	$150,700
Median gross rent	$790	$774
Housing units	1,487	360
Homeownership rate	68.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
Population	3,952 → 4,254 (+7.6%)	691 → 747 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$35,379 → $55,469 (+56.8%)	$46,042 → $49,440 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $127,400 (+38.5%)	$66,700 → $150,700 (+125.9%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $790 (+2.1%)	$716 → $774 (+8.1%)

Southside

Population

3,9524,254

Median household income

$35,379$55,469

Median home value

$92,000$127,400

Median gross rent

$774$790

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)

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
Under 5	9.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	16.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.4%
75 and over	4.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	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	5.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
No high school diploma	13.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	40.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
Drove alone	75.8%	89.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
1-unit, detached	71.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	24.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Southside	Sulphur Rock
Poverty rate	18.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1986	1995