Crawford County vs Lonoke County

A side-by-side comparison of Crawford County and Lonoke County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lonoke County has the higher population (74,747 vs 60,792 in Crawford County). Lonoke County has the higher median household income ($71,449 vs $60,362 in Crawford County). Lonoke County has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $170,000 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
Population	60,792	74,747
Median age	39.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,362	$71,449
Median home value	$170,000	$184,100
Median gross rent	$828	$961
Housing units	25,509	30,566
Homeownership rate	74.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
Population	62,739 → 60,792 (-3.1%)	72,528 → 74,747 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$46,828 → $60,362 (+28.9%)	$59,094 → $71,449 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $170,000 (+47.6%)	$142,500 → $184,100 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $828 (+18.1%)	$796 → $961 (+20.7%)

Crawford County

Population

62,73960,792

Median household income

$46,828$60,362

Median home value

$115,200$170,000

Median gross rent

$701$828

Lonoke County

Population

72,52874,747

Median household income

$59,094$71,449

Median home value

$142,500$184,100

Median gross rent

$796$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.8%
75 and over	7.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
No high school diploma	13.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
Drove alone	85.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Lonoke County
Poverty rate	16.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1990	1997