Blue Mountain vs New Blaine

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mountain and New Blaine: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Mountain and New Blaine are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Blaine has the higher population (358 vs 150 in Blue Mountain). New Blaine has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $79,000 in Blue Mountain). Since 2019, New Blaine's population has grown faster (+477.4% vs +64.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
Population	150	358
Median age	13.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,706
Median home value	$79,000	$217,700
Housing units	43	124
Homeownership rate	75.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
Population	91 → 150 (+64.8%)	62 → 358 (+477.4%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $50,313 (-13.6%)	$39,583 → $39,706 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $79,000 (-38.2%)	$179,200 → $217,700 (+21.5%)

Blue Mountain

Population

91150

Median household income

$58,250$50,313

Median home value

$127,800$79,000

New Blaine

Population

62358

Median household income

$39,583$39,706

Median home value

$179,200$217,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	56.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	1.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	24.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	17.0%
75 and over	2.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	24.0%	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	18.7%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
No high school diploma	34.4%	17.2%
High school graduate	7.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
Drove alone	65.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	31.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
1-unit, detached	81.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	New Blaine
Poverty rate	78.0%	10.1%
Average household size	4.17	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1980	1979