Black Rock vs Walnut Ridge

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

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

Walnut Ridge has the higher population (5,440 vs 790 in Black Rock). Black Rock has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $47,612 in Walnut Ridge). Walnut Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $68,300 in Black Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
Population	790	5,440
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$47,612
Median home value	$68,300	$104,500
Median gross rent	$760	$710
Housing units	363	2,394
Homeownership rate	84.9%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
Population	827 → 790 (-4.5%)	5,098 → 5,440 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$35,365 → $59,531 (+68.3%)	$41,172 → $47,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $68,300 (-3.3%)	$89,900 → $104,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $760 (+39.4%)	$586 → $710 (+21.2%)

Black Rock

Population

827790

Median household income

$35,365$59,531

Median home value

$70,600$68,300

Median gross rent

$545$760

Walnut Ridge

Population

5,0985,440

Median household income

$41,172$47,612

Median home value

$89,900$104,500

Median gross rent

$586$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
Under 5	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	24.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	15.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	22.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.6%
75 and over	5.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
No high school diploma	17.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
Drove alone	55.6%	88.5%
Carpooled	38.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
1-unit, detached	81.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Walnut Ridge
Poverty rate	22.2%	21.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1978	1976