Cave City vs Evening Shade

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

Cave City and Evening Shade 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 323 in Evening Shade). Cave City has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $27,159 in Evening Shade). Evening Shade has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $119,900 in Cave City).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Evening Shade
Population	1,930	323
Median age	37.8 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$27,159
Median home value	$119,900	$122,000
Median gross rent	$636	$619
Housing units	914	187
Homeownership rate	57.2%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Evening Shade
Population	2,242 → 1,930 (-13.9%)	406 → 323 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$32,736 → $41,250 (+26.0%)	$34,643 → $27,159 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $119,900 (+67.9%)	$62,100 → $122,000 (+96.5%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $636 (+17.3%)	$557 → $619 (+11.1%)

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

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)

	Cave City	Evening Shade
Under 5	6.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	26.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.6%
75 and over	7.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Evening Shade
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	2.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Evening Shade
No high school diploma	20.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Evening Shade
Drove alone	80.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	9.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Evening Shade
1-unit, detached	71.4%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Evening Shade
Poverty rate	20.9%	28.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1980	1974