De Valls Bluff vs Des Arc

A side-by-side comparison of De Valls Bluff and Des Arc: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Des Arc has the higher population (1,447 vs 514 in De Valls Bluff). Des Arc has the higher median household income ($31,328 vs $28,750 in De Valls Bluff). Since 2019, Des Arc's population has grown faster (-8.4% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
Population	514	1,447
Median age	54.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$31,328
Median home value	—	$86,800
Median gross rent	$579	$503
Housing units	321	733
Homeownership rate	61.4%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
Population	572 → 514 (-10.1%)	1,580 → 1,447 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$21,250 → $28,750 (+35.3%)	$34,387 → $31,328 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$31,800 → $37,400 (+17.6%)	$63,100 → $86,800 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $579 (-0.2%)	$450 → $503 (+11.8%)

De Valls Bluff

Population

572514

Median household income

$21,250$28,750

Median home value

$31,800$37,400

Median gross rent

$580$579

Des Arc

Population

1,5801,447

Median household income

$34,387$31,328

Median home value

$63,100$86,800

Median gross rent

$450$503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
Under 5	8.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	3.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	5.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.5%
75 and over	29.6%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	76.3%
Black or African American	24.3%	14.3%
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	6.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
No high school diploma	16.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	53.8%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
Drove alone	72.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	20.5%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	6.8%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
1-unit, detached	69.5%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	De Valls Bluff	Des Arc
Poverty rate	20.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1977	1977