Conway County vs Yell County

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

Conway 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.

Conway County has the higher population (20,872 vs 20,195 in Yell County). Yell County has the higher median household income ($58,870 vs $51,212 in Conway County). Conway County has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $131,300 in Yell County).

Population, income & housing

	Conway County	Yell County
Population	20,872	20,195
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,212	$58,870
Median home value	$137,000	$131,300
Median gross rent	$721	$653
Housing units	9,681	9,300
Homeownership rate	71.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway County	Yell County
Population	20,858 → 20,872 (+0.1%)	21,464 → 20,195 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$42,802 → $51,212 (+19.6%)	$43,923 → $58,870 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $137,000 (+27.3%)	$109,400 → $131,300 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $721 (+11.4%)	$573 → $653 (+14.0%)

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

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)

	Conway County	Yell County
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.3%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway County	Yell County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	73.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway County	Yell County
No high school diploma	9.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway County	Yell County
Drove alone	80.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway County	Yell County
1-unit, detached	71.3%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Conway County	Yell County
Poverty rate	20.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1982	1983