Cave City vs Hardy

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

Cave City and Hardy 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 853 in Hardy). Cave City has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $33,500 in Hardy). Cave City has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $59,300 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Hardy
Population	1,930	853
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$33,500
Median home value	$119,900	$59,300
Median gross rent	$636	$485
Housing units	914	783
Homeownership rate	57.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Hardy
Population	2,242 → 1,930 (-13.9%)	597 → 853 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$32,736 → $41,250 (+26.0%)	$26,071 → $33,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $119,900 (+67.9%)	$83,300 → $59,300 (-28.8%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $636 (+17.3%)	$469 → $485 (+3.4%)

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

Hardy

Population

597853

Median household income

$26,071$33,500

Median home value

$83,300$59,300

Median gross rent

$469$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave City	Hardy
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.2%
75 and over	7.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Hardy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Hardy
No high school diploma	20.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Hardy
Drove alone	80.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Hardy
1-unit, detached	71.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Hardy
Poverty rate	20.9%	25.9%
Average household size	2.57	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1980	1973