Chicot County vs Scott County

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

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

Chicot County has the higher population (9,997 vs 9,839 in Scott County). Scott County has the higher median household income ($45,955 vs $39,683 in Chicot County). Scott County has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $90,500 in Chicot County).

Population, income & housing

	Chicot County	Scott County
Population	9,997	9,839
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,683	$45,955
Median home value	$90,500	$110,900
Median gross rent	$661	$736
Housing units	5,114	4,873
Homeownership rate	67.4%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicot County	Scott County
Population	10,615 → 9,997 (-5.8%)	10,376 → 9,839 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$34,147 → $39,683 (+16.2%)	$36,092 → $45,955 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $90,500 (+29.8%)	$76,300 → $110,900 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $661 (+10.0%)	$564 → $736 (+30.5%)

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

Scott County

Population

10,3769,839

Median household income

$36,092$45,955

Median home value

$76,300$110,900

Median gross rent

$564$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicot County	Scott County
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.0%
75 and over	9.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicot County	Scott County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	83.6%
Black or African American	53.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicot County	Scott County
No high school diploma	18.4%	15.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicot County	Scott County
Drove alone	87.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.1%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicot County	Scott County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Chicot County	Scott County
Poverty rate	24.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1978	1979