Crittenden County vs Pope County

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

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

Pope County has the higher population (63,830 vs 47,609 in Crittenden County). Pope County has the higher median household income ($54,606 vs $54,271 in Crittenden County). Pope County has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $155,100 in Crittenden County).

Population, income & housing

	Crittenden County	Pope County
Population	47,609	63,830
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$54,606
Median home value	$155,100	$161,700
Median gross rent	$883	$855
Housing units	21,367	27,033
Homeownership rate	56.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crittenden County	Pope County
Population	48,672 → 47,609 (-2.2%)	63,761 → 63,830 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$40,161 → $54,271 (+35.1%)	$43,462 → $54,606 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $155,100 (+35.3%)	$126,400 → $161,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $883 (+20.6%)	$681 → $855 (+25.6%)

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

Pope County

Population

63,76163,830

Median household income

$43,462$54,606

Median home value

$126,400$161,700

Median gross rent

$681$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crittenden County	Pope County
Under 5	7.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crittenden County	Pope County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	81.3%
Black or African American	50.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crittenden County	Pope County
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crittenden County	Pope County
Drove alone	79.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crittenden County	Pope County
1-unit, detached	70.8%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Crittenden County	Pope County
Poverty rate	20.7%	17.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1983	1988