Bluff City vs Rosston

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

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

Rosston has the higher population (362 vs 224 in Bluff City). Rosston has the higher median household income ($69,191 vs $39,063 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $35,900 in Rosston).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Rosston
Population	224	362
Median age	49.6 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$69,191
Median home value	$85,000	$35,900
Housing units	89	224
Homeownership rate	77.4%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Rosston
Population	116 → 224 (+93.1%)	414 → 362 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $39,063 (-15.5%)	$27,150 → $69,191 (+154.8%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $85,000 (+27.4%)	$40,600 → $35,900 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $817 (+55.6%)

Bluff City

Population

116224

Median household income

$46,250$39,063

Median home value

$66,700$85,000

Rosston

Population

414362

Median household income

$27,150$69,191

Median home value

$40,600$35,900

Median gross rent

$525$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Rosston
Under 5	4.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	5.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	1.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	20.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	26.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	25.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	18.5%
75 and over	0.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Rosston
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	19.6%
Black or African American	88.8%	80.1%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Rosston
No high school diploma	41.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Rosston
Drove alone	80.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.9%
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%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Rosston
1-unit, detached	64.0%	59.8%
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	36.0%	40.2%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Rosston
Poverty rate	23.2%	8.8%
Average household size	4.23	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1992	1993