Desha County vs Little River County

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

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

Little River County has the higher population (11,959 vs 11,041 in Desha County). Little River County has the higher median household income ($52,241 vs $36,064 in Desha County). Little River County has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $89,100 in Desha County).

Population, income & housing

	Desha County	Little River County
Population	11,041	11,959
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,064	$52,241
Median home value	$89,100	$113,400
Median gross rent	$689	$812
Housing units	5,812	6,071
Homeownership rate	60.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha County	Little River County
Population	11,709 → 11,041 (-5.7%)	12,347 → 11,959 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$31,893 → $36,064 (+13.1%)	$45,113 → $52,241 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $89,100 (+26.7%)	$77,900 → $113,400 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $689 (+39.2%)	$601 → $812 (+35.1%)

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

Little River County

Population

12,34711,959

Median household income

$45,113$52,241

Median home value

$77,900$113,400

Median gross rent

$601$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desha County	Little River County
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	7.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha County	Little River County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	71.9%
Black or African American	48.6%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha County	Little River County
No high school diploma	22.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha County	Little River County
Drove alone	85.5%	85.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha County	Little River County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Desha County	Little River County
Poverty rate	28.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1976	1980