Elkins vs Springdale

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (87,388 vs 3,710 in Elkins). Elkins has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $66,044 in Springdale). Springdale has the higher median home value ($237,200 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Springdale
Population	3,710	87,388
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$66,044
Median home value	$190,100	$237,200
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,008
Housing units	1,440	31,077
Homeownership rate	84.4%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Springdale
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	79,598 → 87,388 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$50,343 → $66,044 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$150,900 → $237,200 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$777 → $1,008 (+29.7%)

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

Springdale

Population

79,59887,388

Median household income

$50,343$66,044

Median home value

$150,900$237,200

Median gross rent

$777$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Springdale
Under 5	8.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	6.1%
75 and over	8.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.1%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.0%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Springdale
No high school diploma	10.9%	25.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Springdale
Drove alone	85.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Springdale
1-unit, detached	88.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Springdale
Poverty rate	4.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	2002	1994