Board Camp vs Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Board Camp and Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Board Camp and Cove are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cove has the higher population (359 vs 76 in Board Camp). Cove has the higher median household income ($26,172 vs $26,038 in Board Camp). Board Camp has the higher median home value ($342,900 vs $80,000 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Board Camp	Cove
Population	76	359
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$26,038	$26,172
Median home value	$342,900	$80,000
Median gross rent	—	$574
Housing units	72	201
Homeownership rate	80.6%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Board Camp	Cove
Population	74 → 76 (+2.7%)	255 → 359 (+40.8%)
Median household income	$21,659 → $26,038 (+20.2%)	$29,583 → $26,172 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $342,900 (+0.7%)	$74,300 → $80,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$483 → $574 (+18.8%)

Board Camp

Population

7476

Median household income

$21,659$26,038

Median home value

$340,400$342,900

Cove

Population

255359

Median household income

$29,583$26,172

Median home value

$74,300$80,000

Median gross rent

$483$574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Board Camp	Cove
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	55.3%	24.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	26.3%	9.2%
75 and over	18.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Board Camp	Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Board Camp	Cove
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	25.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	75.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Board Camp	Cove
Drove alone	100.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Board Camp	Cove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Board Camp	Cove
Poverty rate	18.4%	36.2%
Average household size	1.06	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	53
Median year structure built	1976	1977