Bluff City vs Emmet

A side-by-side comparison of Bluff City and Emmet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emmet has the higher population (441 vs 224 in Bluff City). Emmet has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $39,063 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $66,900 in Emmet).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Emmet
Population	224	441
Median age	49.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$58,750
Median home value	$85,000	$66,900
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	89	189
Homeownership rate	77.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Emmet
Population	116 → 224 (+93.1%)	618 → 441 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $39,063 (-15.5%)	$51,518 → $58,750 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $85,000 (+27.4%)	$46,100 → $66,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $525 (+19.9%)

Bluff City

Population

116224

Median household income

$46,250$39,063

Median home value

$66,700$85,000

Emmet

Population

618441

Median household income

$51,518$58,750

Median home value

$46,100$66,900

Median gross rent

$438$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Emmet
Under 5	4.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	5.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	1.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	20.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	26.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	25.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Emmet
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	77.1%
Black or African American	88.8%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Emmet
No high school diploma	41.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Emmet
Drove alone	80.9%	96.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Emmet
1-unit, detached	64.0%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	29.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Emmet
Poverty rate	23.2%	19.3%
Average household size	4.23	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1992	1977