Blue Mountain vs Ratcliff

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

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

Blue Mountain has the higher population (150 vs 111 in Ratcliff). Ratcliff has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $79,000 in Blue Mountain). Since 2019, Blue Mountain's population has grown faster (+64.8% vs -48.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
Population	150	111
Median age	13.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,750
Median home value	$79,000	$112,500
Housing units	43	66
Homeownership rate	75.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
Population	91 → 150 (+64.8%)	215 → 111 (-48.4%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $50,313 (-13.6%)	$34,063 → $43,750 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $79,000 (-38.2%)	$62,500 → $112,500 (+80.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $530 (-7.8%)

Blue Mountain

Population

91150

Median household income

$58,250$50,313

Median home value

$127,800$79,000

Ratcliff

Population

215111

Median household income

$34,063$43,750

Median home value

$62,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$575$530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
Under 5	1.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	56.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	18.9%
65 to 74	4.0%	18.0%
75 and over	2.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	24.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
No high school diploma	34.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	7.8%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
Drove alone	65.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	31.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
1-unit, detached	81.4%	92.4%
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%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	Ratcliff
Poverty rate	78.0%	30.6%
Average household size	4.17	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1980	1993