Chicot County vs Perry County

A side-by-side comparison of Chicot County and Perry County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perry County has the higher population (10,073 vs 9,997 in Chicot County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($60,078 vs $39,683 in Chicot County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $90,500 in Chicot County).

Population, income & housing

	Chicot County	Perry County
Population	9,997	10,073
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,683	$60,078
Median home value	$90,500	$129,300
Median gross rent	$661	$734
Housing units	5,114	4,952
Homeownership rate	67.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicot County	Perry County
Population	10,615 → 9,997 (-5.8%)	10,355 → 10,073 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$34,147 → $39,683 (+16.2%)	$48,667 → $60,078 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $90,500 (+29.8%)	$106,300 → $129,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $661 (+10.0%)	$631 → $734 (+16.3%)

Chicot County

Population

10,6159,997

Median household income

$34,147$39,683

Median home value

$69,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$601$661

Perry County

Population

10,35510,073

Median household income

$48,667$60,078

Median home value

$106,300$129,300

Median gross rent

$631$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicot County	Perry County
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.1%
75 and over	9.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicot County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	53.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicot County	Perry County
No high school diploma	18.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicot County	Perry County
Drove alone	87.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicot County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Chicot County	Perry County
Poverty rate	24.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1978	1988