Baxter County vs Crittenden County

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter County and Crittenden County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crittenden County has the higher population (47,609 vs 42,150 in Baxter County). Crittenden County has the higher median household income ($54,271 vs $48,427 in Baxter County). Baxter County has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $155,100 in Crittenden County).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
Population	42,150	47,609
Median age	51.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,427	$54,271
Median home value	$165,400	$155,100
Median gross rent	$866	$883
Housing units	22,836	21,367
Homeownership rate	75.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
Population	41,427 → 42,150 (+1.7%)	48,672 → 47,609 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$42,260 → $48,427 (+14.6%)	$40,161 → $54,271 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $165,400 (+24.0%)	$114,600 → $155,100 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)	$732 → $883 (+20.6%)

Baxter County

Population

41,42742,150

Median household income

$42,260$48,427

Median home value

$133,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$703$866

Crittenden County

Population

48,67247,609

Median household income

$40,161$54,271

Median home value

$114,600$155,100

Median gross rent

$732$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
Under 5	4.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	9.0%
75 and over	14.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	39.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	50.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
Drove alone	77.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	13.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Baxter County	Crittenden County
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1983	1983