Pocahontas vs Ravenden Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Pocahontas and Ravenden Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Pocahontas and Ravenden Springs are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pocahontas has the higher population (7,475 vs 178 in Ravenden Springs). Ravenden Springs has the higher median household income ($44,773 vs $42,829 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $85,800 in Ravenden Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
Population	7,475	178
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,829	$44,773
Median home value	$107,500	$85,800
Median gross rent	$721	$529
Housing units	3,259	90
Homeownership rate	60.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
Population	6,528 → 7,475 (+14.5%)	173 → 178 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$34,628 → $42,829 (+23.7%)	$25,156 → $44,773 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$80,100 → $107,500 (+34.2%)	$46,700 → $85,800 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $721 (+16.3%)	$480 → $529 (+10.2%)

Pocahontas

Population

6,5287,475

Median household income

$34,628$42,829

Median home value

$80,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$620$721

Ravenden Springs

Population

173178

Median household income

$25,156$44,773

Median home value

$46,700$85,800

Median gross rent

$480$529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
Under 5	9.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	6.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	21.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.7%
75 and over	9.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
No high school diploma	13.4%	17.6%
High school graduate	45.3%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
Drove alone	81.0%	98.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
1-unit, detached	77.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Ravenden Springs
Poverty rate	24.2%	21.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	39
Median year structure built	1975	1976