Baxter County vs Union County

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

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

Baxter County has the higher population (42,150 vs 38,368 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($50,221 vs $48,427 in Baxter County). Baxter County has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $114,700 in Union County).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter County	Union County
Population	42,150	38,368
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,427	$50,221
Median home value	$165,400	$114,700
Median gross rent	$866	$825
Housing units	22,836	18,663
Homeownership rate	75.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter County	Union County
Population	41,427 → 42,150 (+1.7%)	39,449 → 38,368 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$42,260 → $48,427 (+14.6%)	$44,663 → $50,221 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $165,400 (+24.0%)	$86,500 → $114,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)	$674 → $825 (+22.4%)

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

Union County

Population

39,44938,368

Median household income

$44,663$50,221

Median home value

$86,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$674$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter County	Union County
Under 5	4.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.3%
75 and over	14.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	59.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter County	Union County
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	34.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter County	Union County
Drove alone	77.4%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter County	Union County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Baxter County	Union County
Poverty rate	14.5%	19.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1983	1977