Black Rock vs Ravenden

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

Black Rock and Ravenden 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 448 in Ravenden). Black Rock has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $39,545 in Ravenden). Ravenden has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $68,300 in Black Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Ravenden
Population	790	448
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$39,545
Median home value	$68,300	$82,500
Median gross rent	$760	$760
Housing units	363	223
Homeownership rate	84.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Ravenden
Population	827 → 790 (-4.5%)	469 → 448 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$35,365 → $59,531 (+68.3%)	$25,227 → $39,545 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $68,300 (-3.3%)	$77,500 → $82,500 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $760 (+39.4%)	$523 → $760 (+45.3%)

Black Rock

Population

827790

Median household income

$35,365$59,531

Median home value

$70,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$545$760

Ravenden

Population

469448

Median household income

$25,227$39,545

Median home value

$77,500$82,500

Median gross rent

$523$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Ravenden
Under 5	3.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	24.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	22.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Ravenden
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.5%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Ravenden
No high school diploma	17.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	64.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Ravenden
Drove alone	55.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	38.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Ravenden
1-unit, detached	81.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Ravenden
Poverty rate	22.2%	18.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1978	1981