Mount Ida vs Pencil Bluff

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

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

Mount Ida has the higher population (1,358 vs 28 in Pencil Bluff). Since 2019, Mount Ida's population has grown faster (+23.3% vs -82.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
Population	1,358	28
Median age	49.8 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,114	—
Median home value	$157,900	—
Median gross rent	$709	—
Housing units	701	28
Homeownership rate	52.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
Population	1,101 → 1,358 (+23.3%)	157 → 28 (-82.2%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $43,114 (+10.3%)	—
Median home value	$97,200 → $157,900 (+62.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$538 → $709 (+31.8%)	—

Mount Ida

Population

1,1011,358

Median household income

$39,091$43,114

Median home value

$97,200$157,900

Median gross rent

$538$709

Pencil Bluff

Population

15728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
Under 5	7.4%	42.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	57.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	21.2%	0.0%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
Drove alone	84.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
1-unit, detached	72.5%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	35.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Ida	Pencil Bluff
Poverty rate	26.2%	78.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1975	—