Pine Bluff vs Sulphur Springs

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

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

Pine Bluff has the higher population (40,436 vs 1,035 in Sulphur Springs). Pine Bluff has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $34,353 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $86,400 in Pine Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
Population	40,436	1,035
Median age	36.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$34,353
Median home value	$86,400	$114,900
Median gross rent	$831	—
Housing units	19,296	439
Homeownership rate	53.3%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
Population	43,091 → 40,436 (-6.2%)	1,189 → 1,035 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$34,723 → $41,250 (+18.8%)	$55,197 → $34,353 (-37.8%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $86,400 (+14.4%)	$87,900 → $114,900 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $831 (+14.3%)	$751 → $819 (+9.1%)

Pine Bluff

Population

43,09140,436

Median household income

$34,723$41,250

Median home value

$75,500$86,400

Median gross rent

$727$831

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)

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	6.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	17.8%
75 and over	6.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	73.9%
Black or African American	77.2%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	12.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.1%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	84.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	1.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	72.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Pine Bluff	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	25.8%	21.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1971	1993