Evening Shade vs Hardy

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

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

Hardy has the higher population (853 vs 323 in Evening Shade). Hardy has the higher median household income ($33,500 vs $27,159 in Evening Shade). Evening Shade has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $59,300 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Evening Shade	Hardy
Population	323	853
Median age	56.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$27,159	$33,500
Median home value	$122,000	$59,300
Median gross rent	$619	$485
Housing units	187	783
Homeownership rate	86.9%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evening Shade	Hardy
Population	406 → 323 (-20.4%)	597 → 853 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$34,643 → $27,159 (-21.6%)	$26,071 → $33,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $122,000 (+96.5%)	$83,300 → $59,300 (-28.8%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $619 (+11.1%)	$469 → $485 (+3.4%)

Evening Shade

Population

406323

Median household income

$34,643$27,159

Median home value

$62,100$122,000

Median gross rent

$557$619

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)

	Evening Shade	Hardy
Under 5	2.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	26.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	17.2%
75 and over	13.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evening Shade	Hardy
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evening Shade	Hardy
No high school diploma	18.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evening Shade	Hardy
Drove alone	83.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evening Shade	Hardy
1-unit, detached	95.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Evening Shade	Hardy
Poverty rate	28.5%	25.9%
Average household size	2.11	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1974	1973