Bluff City vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (3,063 vs 224 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median household income ($39,063 vs $29,403 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $85,000 in Bluff City).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Prescott
Population	224	3,063
Median age	49.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$29,403
Median home value	$85,000	$95,100
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	89	1,497
Homeownership rate	77.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Prescott
Population	116 → 224 (+93.1%)	3,035 → 3,063 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $39,063 (-15.5%)	$37,540 → $29,403 (-21.7%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $85,000 (+27.4%)	$62,300 → $95,100 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $863 (+15.1%)

Bluff City

Population

116224

Median household income

$46,250$39,063

Median home value

$66,700$85,000

Prescott

Population

3,0353,063

Median household income

$37,540$29,403

Median home value

$62,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$750$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Prescott
Under 5	4.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	5.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	2.2%	16.4%
25 to 34	1.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	20.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	26.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	25.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	5.7%
75 and over	0.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	52.2%
Black or African American	88.8%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Prescott
No high school diploma	41.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Prescott
Drove alone	80.9%	89.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	11.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Prescott
1-unit, detached	64.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Prescott
Poverty rate	23.2%	34.1%
Average household size	4.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1992	1975