Ashley County vs Grant County

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley County and Grant County: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashley County and Grant County are counties in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashley County has the higher population (18,722 vs 18,111 in Grant County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($72,512 vs $44,481 in Ashley County). Grant County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $88,800 in Ashley County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley County	Grant County
Population	18,722	18,111
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,481	$72,512
Median home value	$88,800	$154,500
Median gross rent	$640	$779
Housing units	9,401	7,907
Homeownership rate	72.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley County	Grant County
Population	20,270 → 18,722 (-7.6%)	18,126 → 18,111 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$44,744 → $44,481 (-0.6%)	$55,388 → $72,512 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $88,800 (+16.2%)	$124,600 → $154,500 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $640 (+20.1%)	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)

Ashley County

Population

20,27018,722

Median household income

$44,744$44,481

Median home value

$76,400$88,800

Median gross rent

$533$640

Grant County

Population

18,12618,111

Median household income

$55,388$72,512

Median home value

$124,600$154,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley County	Grant County
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	24.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley County	Grant County
No high school diploma	12.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley County	Grant County
Drove alone	86.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Ashley County	Grant County
Poverty rate	22.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1977	1989