Drew County vs Grant County

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

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

Grant County has the higher population (18,111 vs 17,143 in Drew County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($72,512 vs $41,071 in Drew County). Grant County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $127,800 in Drew County).

Population, income & housing

	Drew County	Grant County
Population	17,143	18,111
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,071	$72,512
Median home value	$127,800	$154,500
Median gross rent	$712	$779
Housing units	8,292	7,907
Homeownership rate	63.9%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew County	Grant County
Population	18,417 → 17,143 (-6.9%)	18,126 → 18,111 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$46,997 → $41,071 (-12.6%)	$55,388 → $72,512 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $127,800 (+28.1%)	$124,600 → $154,500 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $712 (+8.2%)	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)

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

Grant County

Population

18,12618,111

Median household income

$55,388$72,512

Median home value

$124,600$154,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew County	Grant County
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	26.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew County	Grant County
No high school diploma	12.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew County	Grant County
Drove alone	81.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	57.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Drew County	Grant County
Poverty rate	22.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1984	1989