Plainview vs Rover

A side-by-side comparison of Plainview and Rover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plainview has the higher population (466 vs 156 in Rover). Rover has the higher median household income ($80,948 vs $43,750 in Plainview). Since 2019, Rover's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Plainview	Rover
Population	466	156
Median age	49.4 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$80,948
Median home value	$106,500	—
Median gross rent	$397	—
Housing units	266	107
Homeownership rate	58.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainview	Rover
Population	605 → 466 (-23.0%)	165 → 156 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$51,538 → $43,750 (-15.1%)	$82,917 → $80,948 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $106,500 (+53.7%)	$258,300 → $182,500 (-29.3%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $397 (-9.4%)	—

Plainview

Population

605466

Median household income

$51,538$43,750

Median home value

$69,300$106,500

Median gross rent

$438$397

Rover

Population

165156

Median household income

$82,917$80,948

Median home value

$258,300$182,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainview	Rover
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	13.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	24.9%	43.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	46.8%
75 and over	6.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainview	Rover
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainview	Rover
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	64.3%	64.7%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainview	Rover
Drove alone	90.9%	55.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	44.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainview	Rover
1-unit, detached	65.8%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Plainview	Rover
Poverty rate	9.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1978	1992