Calico Rock vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Calico Rock has the higher population (1,795 vs 311 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($34,625 vs $26,250 in Calico Rock). Calico Rock has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $116,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
Population	1,795	311
Median age	40.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$34,625
Median home value	$119,300	$116,700
Median gross rent	$347	$375
Housing units	495	174
Homeownership rate	59.6%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,346 → 1,795 (-23.5%)	471 → 311 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$43,902 → $26,250 (-40.2%)	$38,750 → $34,625 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $119,300 (+59.5%)	$96,300 → $116,700 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $347 (-43.8%)	$532 → $375 (-29.5%)

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

Mount Pleasant

Population

471311

Median household income

$38,750$34,625

Median home value

$96,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$532$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	0.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	6.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	30.4%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	24.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.3%
75 and over	10.3%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	31.2%	24.9%
High school graduate	38.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	81.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	59.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Calico Rock	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	19.9%	27.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1984	1979