Cleveland County vs Prairie County

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

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

Prairie County has the higher population (8,162 vs 7,491 in Cleveland County). Prairie County has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $50,509 in Cleveland County). Cleveland County has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $87,500 in Prairie County).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
Population	7,491	8,162
Median age	43.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,509	$51,094
Median home value	$123,400	$87,500
Median gross rent	$635	$637
Housing units	3,598	4,093
Homeownership rate	79.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
Population	8,128 → 7,491 (-7.8%)	8,189 → 8,162 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$46,684 → $50,509 (+8.2%)	$42,660 → $51,094 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $123,400 (+27.1%)	$67,400 → $87,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $635 (+0.8%)	$619 → $637 (+2.9%)

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

Prairie County

Population

8,1898,162

Median household income

$42,660$51,094

Median home value

$67,400$87,500

Median gross rent

$619$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
Under 5	4.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.3%
75 and over	8.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	13.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
No high school diploma	8.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	44.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
Drove alone	85.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
1-unit, detached	70.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland County	Prairie County
Poverty rate	15.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1986	1979