Clark County vs Yell County

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

Clark County and Yell 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 20,195 in Yell County). Yell County has the higher median household income ($58,870 vs $50,985 in Clark County). Clark County has the higher median home value ($147,100 vs $131,300 in Yell County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Yell County
Population	21,378	20,195
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,985	$58,870
Median home value	$147,100	$131,300
Median gross rent	$734	$653
Housing units	10,012	9,300
Homeownership rate	61.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Yell County
Population	22,386 → 21,378 (-4.5%)	21,464 → 20,195 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$41,620 → $50,985 (+22.5%)	$43,923 → $58,870 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $147,100 (+31.8%)	$109,400 → $131,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $734 (+21.1%)	$573 → $653 (+14.0%)

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

Yell County

Population

21,46420,195

Median household income

$43,923$58,870

Median home value

$109,400$131,300

Median gross rent

$573$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Yell County
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	22.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Yell County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	73.8%
Black or African American	23.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Yell County
No high school diploma	10.0%	18.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Yell County
Drove alone	75.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Yell County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Yell County
Poverty rate	20.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1986	1983