Norman vs Pencil Bluff

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

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

Norman has the higher population (324 vs 28 in Pencil Bluff). Since 2019, Norman's population has grown faster (-23.4% vs -82.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
Population	324	28
Median age	40.5 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	—
Median home value	$92,000	—
Median gross rent	$721	—
Housing units	174	28
Homeownership rate	75.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
Population	423 → 324 (-23.4%)	157 → 28 (-82.2%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $70,000 (+154.5%)	—
Median home value	$65,300 → $92,000 (+40.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$573 → $721 (+25.8%)	—

Norman

Population

423324

Median household income

$27,500$70,000

Median home value

$65,300$92,000

Median gross rent

$573$721

Pencil Bluff

Population

15728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
Under 5	8.3%	42.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	57.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	0.0%
75 and over	4.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	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	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
No high school diploma	25.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
Drove alone	79.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
1-unit, detached	64.4%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	35.7%

Poverty & households

	Norman	Pencil Bluff
Poverty rate	13.3%	78.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1972	—