Ash Flat vs Cave City

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Flat and Cave City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cave City has the higher population (1,930 vs 1,309 in Ash Flat). Ash Flat has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $41,250 in Cave City). Cave City has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $87,200 in Ash Flat).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Flat	Cave City
Population	1,309	1,930
Median age	53.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$41,250
Median home value	$87,200	$119,900
Median gross rent	$783	$636
Housing units	507	914
Homeownership rate	56.4%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Flat	Cave City
Population	1,144 → 1,309 (+14.4%)	2,242 → 1,930 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$25,063 → $48,036 (+91.7%)	$32,736 → $41,250 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $87,200 (+13.5%)	$71,400 → $119,900 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $783 (+90.0%)	$542 → $636 (+17.3%)

Ash Flat

Population

1,1441,309

Median household income

$25,063$48,036

Median home value

$76,800$87,200

Median gross rent

$412$783

Cave City

Population

2,2421,930

Median household income

$32,736$41,250

Median home value

$71,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$542$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Flat	Cave City
Under 5	8.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.6%
75 and over	18.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Flat	Cave City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.6%
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	4.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Flat	Cave City
No high school diploma	12.8%	20.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Flat	Cave City
Drove alone	80.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	15.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.7%
Other means	8.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Flat	Cave City
1-unit, detached	78.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Ash Flat	Cave City
Poverty rate	16.1%	20.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1979	1980