Ash Flat vs Evening Shade

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

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

Ash Flat has the higher population (1,309 vs 323 in Evening Shade). Ash Flat has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $27,159 in Evening Shade). Evening Shade has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $87,200 in Ash Flat).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
Population	1,309	323
Median age	53.5 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$27,159
Median home value	$87,200	$122,000
Median gross rent	$783	$619
Housing units	507	187
Homeownership rate	56.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
Population	1,144 → 1,309 (+14.4%)	406 → 323 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$25,063 → $48,036 (+91.7%)	$34,643 → $27,159 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $87,200 (+13.5%)	$62,100 → $122,000 (+96.5%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $783 (+90.0%)	$557 → $619 (+11.1%)

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

Evening Shade

Population

406323

Median household income

$34,643$27,159

Median home value

$62,100$122,000

Median gross rent

$557$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
Under 5	8.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	7.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	26.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	17.6%
75 and over	18.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
No high school diploma	12.8%	18.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
Drove alone	80.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	9.3%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
1-unit, detached	78.1%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ash Flat	Evening Shade
Poverty rate	16.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1979	1974