Ashley County vs Randolph County

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

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

Randolph County has the higher population (18,733 vs 18,722 in Ashley County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($52,838 vs $44,481 in Ashley County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $88,800 in Ashley County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley County	Randolph County
Population	18,722	18,733
Median age	42.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,481	$52,838
Median home value	$88,800	$118,100
Median gross rent	$640	$671
Housing units	9,401	8,620
Homeownership rate	72.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley County	Randolph County
Population	20,270 → 18,722 (-7.6%)	17,695 → 18,733 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$44,744 → $44,481 (-0.6%)	$37,218 → $52,838 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $88,800 (+16.2%)	$87,200 → $118,100 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $640 (+20.1%)	$619 → $671 (+8.4%)

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

Randolph County

Population

17,69518,733

Median household income

$37,218$52,838

Median home value

$87,200$118,100

Median gross rent

$619$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley County	Randolph County
Under 5	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.8%
75 and over	9.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	24.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	2.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	12.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley County	Randolph County
Drove alone	86.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashley County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	22.7%	21.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1977	1979