Clark County vs Conway County

A side-by-side comparison of Clark County and Conway County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clark County has the higher population (21,378 vs 20,872 in Conway County). Conway County has the higher median household income ($51,212 vs $50,985 in Clark County). Clark County has the higher median home value ($147,100 vs $137,000 in Conway County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Conway County
Population	21,378	20,872
Median age	31.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,985	$51,212
Median home value	$147,100	$137,000
Median gross rent	$734	$721
Housing units	10,012	9,681
Homeownership rate	61.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Conway County
Population	22,386 → 21,378 (-4.5%)	20,858 → 20,872 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$41,620 → $50,985 (+22.5%)	$42,802 → $51,212 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $147,100 (+31.8%)	$107,600 → $137,000 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $734 (+21.1%)	$647 → $721 (+11.4%)

Clark County

Population

22,38621,378

Median household income

$41,620$50,985

Median home value

$111,600$147,100

Median gross rent

$606$734

Conway County

Population

20,85820,872

Median household income

$42,802$51,212

Median home value

$107,600$137,000

Median gross rent

$647$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Conway County
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	22.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.3%
75 and over	6.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Conway County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	79.8%
Black or African American	23.6%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Conway County
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Conway County
Drove alone	75.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	6.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Conway County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Conway County
Poverty rate	20.2%	20.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1986	1982