Drew County vs Franklin County

A side-by-side comparison of Drew County and Franklin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Franklin County has the higher population (17,220 vs 17,143 in Drew County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($51,919 vs $41,071 in Drew County). Drew County has the higher median home value ($127,800 vs $118,800 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Drew County	Franklin County
Population	17,143	17,220
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,071	$51,919
Median home value	$127,800	$118,800
Median gross rent	$712	$717
Housing units	8,292	7,751
Homeownership rate	63.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew County	Franklin County
Population	18,417 → 17,143 (-6.9%)	17,738 → 17,220 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$46,997 → $41,071 (-12.6%)	$38,923 → $51,919 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $127,800 (+28.1%)	$100,900 → $118,800 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $712 (+8.2%)	$625 → $717 (+14.7%)

Drew County

Population

18,41717,143

Median household income

$46,997$41,071

Median home value

$99,800$127,800

Median gross rent

$658$712

Franklin County

Population

17,73817,220

Median household income

$38,923$51,919

Median home value

$100,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$625$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew County	Franklin County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	26.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	12.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew County	Franklin County
Drove alone	81.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	57.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Drew County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	22.7%	18.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1984	1984