Prairie Grove vs Springdale

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

Prairie Grove 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 7,445 in Prairie Grove). Springdale has the higher median household income ($66,044 vs $58,556 in Prairie Grove). Springdale has the higher median home value ($237,200 vs $226,800 in Prairie Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
Population	7,445	87,388
Median age	32.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,556	$66,044
Median home value	$226,800	$237,200
Median gross rent	$933	$1,008
Housing units	2,852	31,077
Homeownership rate	64.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
Population	5,845 → 7,445 (+27.4%)	79,598 → 87,388 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$62,807 → $58,556 (-6.8%)	$50,343 → $66,044 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $226,800 (+48.5%)	$150,900 → $237,200 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $933 (+24.2%)	$777 → $1,008 (+29.7%)

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

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)

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
Under 5	10.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.1%
75 and over	8.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	36.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	17.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
No high school diploma	5.3%	25.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
Drove alone	82.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
1-unit, detached	79.3%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Grove	Springdale
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1999	1994