Altheimer vs Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Altheimer and Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sulphur Springs has the higher population (1,035 vs 578 in Altheimer). Altheimer has the higher median household income ($41,364 vs $34,353 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $75,700 in Altheimer).

Population, income & housing

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
Population	578	1,035
Median age	53.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,364	$34,353
Median home value	$75,700	$114,900
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	304	439
Homeownership rate	77.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
Population	719 → 578 (-19.6%)	1,189 → 1,035 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$26,953 → $41,364 (+53.5%)	$55,197 → $34,353 (-37.8%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $75,700 (+25.3%)	$87,900 → $114,900 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $706 (+28.4%)	$751 → $819 (+9.1%)

Altheimer

Population

719578

Median household income

$26,953$41,364

Median home value

$60,400$75,700

Median gross rent

$550$706

Sulphur Springs

Population

1,1891,035

Median household income

$55,197$34,353

Median home value

$87,900$114,900

Median gross rent

$751$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	26.3%	17.8%
75 and over	6.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	73.9%
Black or African American	93.9%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	73.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Altheimer	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	11.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	62	28
Median year structure built	1977	1993