Black Rock vs Strawberry

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

Black Rock and Strawberry 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 311 in Strawberry). Black Rock has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $40,625 in Strawberry). Strawberry has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $68,300 in Black Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Strawberry
Population	790	311
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$40,625
Median home value	$68,300	$130,100
Median gross rent	$760	$1,000
Housing units	363	196
Homeownership rate	84.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Strawberry
Population	827 → 790 (-4.5%)	264 → 311 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$35,365 → $59,531 (+68.3%)	$34,688 → $40,625 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $68,300 (-3.3%)	$84,500 → $130,100 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $760 (+39.4%)	$519 → $1,000 (+92.7%)

Black Rock

Population

827790

Median household income

$35,365$59,531

Median home value

$70,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$545$760

Strawberry

Population

264311

Median household income

$34,688$40,625

Median home value

$84,500$130,100

Median gross rent

$519$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Strawberry
Under 5	3.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	24.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	22.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	17.4%
75 and over	5.8%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Strawberry
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Strawberry
No high school diploma	17.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Strawberry
Drove alone	55.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	38.6%	29.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Strawberry
1-unit, detached	81.3%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Strawberry
Poverty rate	22.2%	19.6%
Average household size	2.49	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1978	1982