Black Rock vs Hoxie

A side-by-side comparison of Black Rock and Hoxie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoxie has the higher population (2,623 vs 790 in Black Rock). Black Rock has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $35,234 in Hoxie). Hoxie has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $68,300 in Black Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Hoxie
Population	790	2,623
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$35,234
Median home value	$68,300	$83,000
Median gross rent	$760	$821
Housing units	363	1,323
Homeownership rate	84.9%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Hoxie
Population	827 → 790 (-4.5%)	2,628 → 2,623 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$35,365 → $59,531 (+68.3%)	$30,438 → $35,234 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $68,300 (-3.3%)	$69,800 → $83,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $760 (+39.4%)	$504 → $821 (+62.9%)

Black Rock

Population

827790

Median household income

$35,365$59,531

Median home value

$70,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$545$760

Hoxie

Population

2,6282,623

Median household income

$30,438$35,234

Median home value

$69,800$83,000

Median gross rent

$504$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Hoxie
Under 5	3.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	24.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	22.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Hoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Hoxie
No high school diploma	17.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Hoxie
Drove alone	55.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	38.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Hoxie
1-unit, detached	81.3%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Hoxie
Poverty rate	22.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1978	1977