Desha County vs Perry County

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

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

Desha County has the higher population (11,041 vs 10,073 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($60,078 vs $36,064 in Desha County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $89,100 in Desha County).

Population, income & housing

	Desha County	Perry County
Population	11,041	10,073
Median age	41.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,064	$60,078
Median home value	$89,100	$129,300
Median gross rent	$689	$734
Housing units	5,812	4,952
Homeownership rate	60.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha County	Perry County
Population	11,709 → 11,041 (-5.7%)	10,355 → 10,073 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$31,893 → $36,064 (+13.1%)	$48,667 → $60,078 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $89,100 (+26.7%)	$106,300 → $129,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $689 (+39.2%)	$631 → $734 (+16.3%)

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

Perry County

Population

10,35510,073

Median household income

$48,667$60,078

Median home value

$106,300$129,300

Median gross rent

$631$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desha County	Perry County
Under 5	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.1%
75 and over	7.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	48.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha County	Perry County
No high school diploma	22.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha County	Perry County
Drove alone	85.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Desha County	Perry County
Poverty rate	28.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1976	1988