Desha County vs Pike County

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

Desha County and Pike 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 10,182 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($51,000 vs $36,064 in Desha County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $89,100 in Desha County).

Population, income & housing

	Desha County	Pike County
Population	11,041	10,182
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,064	$51,000
Median home value	$89,100	$115,400
Median gross rent	$689	$671
Housing units	5,812	5,319
Homeownership rate	60.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desha County	Pike County
Population	11,709 → 11,041 (-5.7%)	10,756 → 10,182 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$31,893 → $36,064 (+13.1%)	$40,401 → $51,000 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $89,100 (+26.7%)	$84,900 → $115,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $689 (+39.2%)	$601 → $671 (+11.6%)

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

Pike County

Population

10,75610,182

Median household income

$40,401$51,000

Median home value

$84,900$115,400

Median gross rent

$601$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desha County	Pike County
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.0%
75 and over	7.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desha County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	48.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desha County	Pike County
No high school diploma	22.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desha County	Pike County
Drove alone	85.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desha County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Desha County	Pike County
Poverty rate	28.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1976	1983