Crittenden County vs Greene County

A side-by-side comparison of Crittenden County and Greene County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crittenden County has the higher population (47,609 vs 46,182 in Greene County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($56,793 vs $54,271 in Crittenden County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $155,100 in Crittenden County).

Population, income & housing

	Crittenden County	Greene County
Population	47,609	46,182
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$56,793
Median home value	$155,100	$162,200
Median gross rent	$883	$852
Housing units	21,367	19,420
Homeownership rate	56.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crittenden County	Greene County
Population	48,672 → 47,609 (-2.2%)	44,937 → 46,182 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,161 → $54,271 (+35.1%)	$47,056 → $56,793 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $155,100 (+35.3%)	$118,800 → $162,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $883 (+20.6%)	$698 → $852 (+22.1%)

Crittenden County

Population

48,67247,609

Median household income

$40,161$54,271

Median home value

$114,600$155,100

Median gross rent

$732$883

Greene County

Population

44,93746,182

Median household income

$47,056$56,793

Median home value

$118,800$162,200

Median gross rent

$698$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crittenden County	Greene County
Under 5	7.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crittenden County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	50.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crittenden County	Greene County
No high school diploma	14.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crittenden County	Greene County
Drove alone	79.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crittenden County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	70.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Crittenden County	Greene County
Poverty rate	20.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1983	1989