Cross County vs Van Buren County

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

Cross County and Van Buren 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 15,936 in Van Buren County). Van Buren County has the higher median household income ($47,266 vs $47,012 in Cross County). Van Buren County has the higher median home value ($122,300 vs $104,000 in Cross County).

Population, income & housing

	Cross County	Van Buren County
Population	16,681	15,936
Median age	40.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,012	$47,266
Median home value	$104,000	$122,300
Median gross rent	$797	$727
Housing units	7,581	9,724
Homeownership rate	66.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross County	Van Buren County
Population	16,824 → 16,681 (-0.8%)	16,642 → 15,936 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$46,787 → $47,012 (+0.5%)	$38,499 → $47,266 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $104,000 (+20.8%)	$101,700 → $122,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $797 (+12.1%)	$644 → $727 (+12.9%)

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

Van Buren County

Population

16,64215,936

Median household income

$38,499$47,266

Median home value

$101,700$122,300

Median gross rent

$644$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross County	Van Buren County
Under 5	6.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.9%
75 and over	8.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross County	Van Buren County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross County	Van Buren County
No high school diploma	16.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	42.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross County	Van Buren County
Drove alone	83.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross County	Van Buren County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Cross County	Van Buren County
Poverty rate	20.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1980	1986