Elkins vs Prairie Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins and Prairie Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie Grove has the higher population (7,445 vs 3,710 in Elkins). Elkins has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $58,556 in Prairie Grove). Prairie Grove has the higher median home value ($226,800 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
Population	3,710	7,445
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$58,556
Median home value	$190,100	$226,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$933
Housing units	1,440	2,852
Homeownership rate	84.4%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	5,845 → 7,445 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$62,807 → $58,556 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$152,700 → $226,800 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$751 → $933 (+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

Prairie Grove

Population

5,8457,445

Median household income

$62,807$58,556

Median home value

$152,700$226,800

Median gross rent

$751$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
Under 5	8.1%	10.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	4.3%	6.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	17.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	85.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	88.8%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	4.8%	13.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2002	1999