Black Springs vs Pencil Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Black Springs and Pencil Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Black Springs has the higher population (138 vs 28 in Pencil Bluff). Since 2019, Black Springs's population has grown faster (+58.6% vs -82.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
Population	138	28
Median age	26.9 yrs	26.1 yrs
Housing units	67	28
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
Population	87 → 138 (+58.6%)	157 → 28 (-82.2%)
Median household income	$26,750 → $55,000 (+105.6%)	—
Median home value	$41,300 → $75,000 (+81.6%)	—

Black Springs

Population

87138

Median household income

$26,750$55,000

Median home value

$41,300$75,000

Pencil Bluff

Population

15728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
Under 5	6.5%	42.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	21.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	57.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	0.0%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	100.0%
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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
No high school diploma	24.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
Drove alone	45.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	50.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
1-unit, detached	65.7%	64.3%
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	34.3%	35.7%

Poverty & households

	Black Springs	Pencil Bluff
Poverty rate	10.9%	78.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1972	—