Black Rock vs Powhatan

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

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

Black Rock has the higher population (790 vs 194 in Powhatan). Powhatan has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $59,531 in Black Rock). Since 2019, Powhatan's population has grown faster (+181.2% vs -4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Powhatan
Population	790	194
Median age	39.3 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$60,556
Median home value	$68,300	—
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	363	59
Homeownership rate	84.9%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Powhatan
Population	827 → 790 (-4.5%)	69 → 194 (+181.2%)
Median household income	$35,365 → $59,531 (+68.3%)	$58,438 → $60,556 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $68,300 (-3.3%)	$60,600 → $85,000 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $760 (+39.4%)	—

Black Rock

Population

827790

Median household income

$35,365$59,531

Median home value

$70,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$545$760

Powhatan

Population

69194

Median household income

$58,438$60,556

Median home value

$60,600$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Powhatan
Under 5	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	25.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	22.7%	0.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.3%
75 and over	5.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Powhatan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Powhatan
No high school diploma	17.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	67.2%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Powhatan
Drove alone	55.6%	62.7%
Carpooled	38.6%	37.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Powhatan
1-unit, detached	81.3%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Powhatan
Poverty rate	22.2%	25.3%
Average household size	2.49	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1978	1976