Cleveland County vs Montgomery County

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland County and Montgomery County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (8,571 vs 7,491 in Cleveland County). Cleveland County has the higher median household income ($50,509 vs $49,015 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $123,400 in Cleveland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
Population	7,491	8,571
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,509	$49,015
Median home value	$123,400	$136,000
Median gross rent	$635	$734
Housing units	3,598	5,469
Homeownership rate	79.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
Population	8,128 → 7,491 (-7.8%)	8,950 → 8,571 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$46,684 → $50,509 (+8.2%)	$35,741 → $49,015 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $123,400 (+27.1%)	$102,800 → $136,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $635 (+0.8%)	$509 → $734 (+44.2%)

Cleveland County

Population

8,1287,491

Median household income

$46,684$50,509

Median home value

$97,100$123,400

Median gross rent

$630$635

Montgomery County

Population

8,9508,571

Median household income

$35,741$49,015

Median home value

$102,800$136,000

Median gross rent

$509$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
Under 5	4.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.6%
75 and over	8.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	13.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	8.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	44.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	85.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	70.7%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	15.6%	20.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1986	1989