Craighead County vs Saline County

A side-by-side comparison of Craighead County and Saline County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saline County has the higher population (125,724 vs 112,097 in Craighead County). Saline County has the higher median household income ($76,534 vs $57,615 in Craighead County). Saline County has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $198,700 in Craighead County).

Population, income & housing

	Craighead County	Saline County
Population	112,097	125,724
Median age	34.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,615	$76,534
Median home value	$198,700	$211,700
Median gross rent	$930	$980
Housing units	47,983	52,468
Homeownership rate	59.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craighead County	Saline County
Population	107,345 → 112,097 (+4.4%)	119,415 → 125,724 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$47,286 → $57,615 (+21.8%)	$64,412 → $76,534 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$140,700 → $198,700 (+41.2%)	$156,800 → $211,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $930 (+22.9%)	$847 → $980 (+15.7%)

Craighead County

Population

107,345112,097

Median household income

$47,286$57,615

Median home value

$140,700$198,700

Median gross rent

$757$930

Saline County

Population

119,415125,724

Median household income

$64,412$76,534

Median home value

$156,800$211,700

Median gross rent

$847$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craighead County	Saline County
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.3%
75 and over	5.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craighead County	Saline County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	16.6%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craighead County	Saline County
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craighead County	Saline County
Drove alone	82.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craighead County	Saline County
1-unit, detached	68.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Craighead County	Saline County
Poverty rate	19.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1991	1997