Desha County vs Fulton County

A side-by-side comparison of Desha County and Fulton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fulton County has the higher population (12,239 vs 11,041 in Desha County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($38,941 vs $36,064 in Desha County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $89,100 in Desha County).

Population, income & housing

	Desha County	Fulton County
Population	11,041	12,239
Median age	41.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,064	$38,941
Median home value	$89,100	$107,200
Median gross rent	$689	$596
Housing units	5,812	6,218
Homeownership rate	60.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha County	Fulton County
Population	11,709 → 11,041 (-5.7%)	12,231 → 12,239 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$31,893 → $36,064 (+13.1%)	$35,405 → $38,941 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $89,100 (+26.7%)	$86,400 → $107,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $689 (+39.2%)	$545 → $596 (+9.4%)

Desha County

Population

11,70911,041

Median household income

$31,893$36,064

Median home value

$70,300$89,100

Median gross rent

$495$689

Fulton County

Population

12,23112,239

Median household income

$35,405$38,941

Median home value

$86,400$107,200

Median gross rent

$545$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desha County	Fulton County
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.2%
75 and over	7.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha County	Fulton County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	48.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha County	Fulton County
No high school diploma	22.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha County	Fulton County
Drove alone	85.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha County	Fulton County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Desha County	Fulton County
Poverty rate	28.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1976	1983