Horseshoe Bend vs Mount Pleasant

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

Horseshoe Bend and Mount Pleasant 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 311 in Mount Pleasant). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median household income ($40,868 vs $34,625 in Mount Pleasant). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $116,700 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,458	311
Median age	53.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,868	$34,625
Median home value	$117,500	$116,700
Median gross rent	$691	$375
Housing units	1,214	174
Homeownership rate	76.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
Population	2,587 → 2,458 (-5.0%)	471 → 311 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$32,255 → $40,868 (+26.7%)	$38,750 → $34,625 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $117,500 (+58.4%)	$96,300 → $116,700 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $691 (+11.5%)	$532 → $375 (-29.5%)

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

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)

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	5.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	3.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	24.4%
65 to 74	15.8%	11.3%
75 and over	15.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	8.3%	24.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	83.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	83.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Horseshoe Bend	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	25.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1978	1979