Rockport is a city of 800 people in Arkansas. The poverty rate is 35.3%, above the 12.5% national rate. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 0% of people here were born outside the United States. Owners hold 79% of the housing stock. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $140,300.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rockport
What changed most since 1990
White share97.3% → 62.1%(−35.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population370 → 800(+116%)US over the same years: +35%
Hispanic share0.0% → 26.1%(+26.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Rockport's population equals 2.4% of Hot Spring County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 5.6% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)5.8%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)5.8%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era50%(26)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II13.5%(7)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 52 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rockport, decade by decade
Rockport population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
370
$52,910
$93,363
10.0%
6.6
2000
792
$64,213
$124,966
12.8%
14.0
2010
755
$76,224
$123,142
10.5%
12.1
2020
676
$51,944
$138,051
10.2%
32.8
2024
800
$68,750
$140,300
19.2%
67.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
