Elkins vs Elm Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins and Elm Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkins and Elm Springs are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkins has the higher population (3,710 vs 3,000 in Elm Springs). Elm Springs has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $81,111 in Elkins). Elm Springs has the higher median home value ($362,400 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Elm Springs
Population	3,710	3,000
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$112,917
Median home value	$190,100	$362,400
Median gross rent	$1,293	$908
Housing units	1,440	961
Homeownership rate	84.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Elm Springs
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	2,399 → 3,000 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$106,875 → $112,917 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$294,900 → $362,400 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$731 → $908 (+24.2%)

Elkins

Population

3,1393,710

Median household income

$65,182$81,111

Median home value

$139,500$190,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,293

Elm Springs

Population

2,3993,000

Median household income

$106,875$112,917

Median home value

$294,900$362,400

Median gross rent

$731$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Elm Springs
Under 5	8.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	8.3%
75 and over	8.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Elm Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Elm Springs
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Elm Springs
Drove alone	85.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Elm Springs
1-unit, detached	88.8%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Elm Springs
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.92	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2002	2002