Calico Rock vs Horseshoe Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Calico Rock and Horseshoe Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horseshoe Bend has the higher population (2,458 vs 1,795 in Calico Rock). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median household income ($40,868 vs $26,250 in Calico Rock). Calico Rock has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $117,500 in Horseshoe Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
Population	1,795	2,458
Median age	40.3 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$40,868
Median home value	$119,300	$117,500
Median gross rent	$347	$691
Housing units	495	1,214
Homeownership rate	59.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
Population	2,346 → 1,795 (-23.5%)	2,587 → 2,458 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$43,902 → $26,250 (-40.2%)	$32,255 → $40,868 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $119,300 (+59.5%)	$74,200 → $117,500 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $347 (-43.8%)	$620 → $691 (+11.5%)

Calico Rock

Population

2,3461,795

Median household income

$43,902$26,250

Median home value

$74,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$617$347

Horseshoe Bend

Population

2,5872,458

Median household income

$32,255$40,868

Median home value

$74,200$117,500

Median gross rent

$620$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
Under 5	0.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	30.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.8%
75 and over	10.3%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	20.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
No high school diploma	31.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	38.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
Drove alone	81.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
1-unit, detached	59.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Calico Rock	Horseshoe Bend
Poverty rate	19.9%	25.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1984	1978