Clay County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Clay County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clay County has the higher population (14,399 vs 12,966 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $48,500 in Clay County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($106,100 vs $88,100 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Lincoln County
Population	14,399	12,966
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$51,667
Median home value	$88,100	$106,100
Median gross rent	$696	$672
Housing units	7,499	4,398
Homeownership rate	71.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Lincoln County
Population	14,889 → 14,399 (-3.3%)	13,455 → 12,966 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$37,233 → $48,500 (+30.3%)	$46,596 → $51,667 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $88,100 (+13.8%)	$76,300 → $106,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $696 (+12.6%)	$534 → $672 (+25.8%)

Clay County

Population

14,88914,399

Median household income

$37,233$48,500

Median home value

$77,400$88,100

Median gross rent

$618$696

Lincoln County

Population

13,45512,966

Median household income

$46,596$51,667

Median home value

$76,300$106,100

Median gross rent

$534$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Lincoln County
Under 5	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.0%
75 and over	9.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	28.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	13.4%	16.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	80.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	17.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1985