Cross County vs Sevier County

A side-by-side comparison of Cross County and Sevier County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cross County has the higher population (16,681 vs 15,797 in Sevier County). Sevier County has the higher median household income ($51,641 vs $47,012 in Cross County). Sevier County has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $104,000 in Cross County).

Population, income & housing

	Cross County	Sevier County
Population	16,681	15,797
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,012	$51,641
Median home value	$104,000	$111,700
Median gross rent	$797	$725
Housing units	7,581	6,768
Homeownership rate	66.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross County	Sevier County
Population	16,824 → 16,681 (-0.8%)	17,081 → 15,797 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$46,787 → $47,012 (+0.5%)	$47,704 → $51,641 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $104,000 (+20.8%)	$84,300 → $111,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $797 (+12.1%)	$581 → $725 (+24.8%)

Cross County

Population

16,82416,681

Median household income

$46,787$47,012

Median home value

$86,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$711$797

Sevier County

Population

17,08115,797

Median household income

$47,704$51,641

Median home value

$84,300$111,700

Median gross rent

$581$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross County	Sevier County
Under 5	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross County	Sevier County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	53.6%
Black or African American	18.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	35.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross County	Sevier County
No high school diploma	16.6%	27.5%
High school graduate	42.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross County	Sevier County
Drove alone	83.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross County	Sevier County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Cross County	Sevier County
Poverty rate	20.1%	19.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1980	1980