Drew County vs Marion County

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

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

Drew County has the higher population (17,143 vs 17,076 in Marion County). Marion County has the higher median household income ($46,953 vs $41,071 in Drew County). Marion County has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $127,800 in Drew County).

Population, income & housing

	Drew County	Marion County
Population	17,143	17,076
Median age	37.7 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,071	$46,953
Median home value	$127,800	$158,400
Median gross rent	$712	$792
Housing units	8,292	9,623
Homeownership rate	63.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew County	Marion County
Population	18,417 → 17,143 (-6.9%)	16,476 → 17,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$46,997 → $41,071 (-12.6%)	$36,719 → $46,953 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $127,800 (+28.1%)	$120,700 → $158,400 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $712 (+8.2%)	$632 → $792 (+25.3%)

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

Marion County

Population

16,47617,076

Median household income

$36,719$46,953

Median home value

$120,700$158,400

Median gross rent

$632$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew County	Marion County
Under 5	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	13.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.6%
75 and over	7.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew County	Marion County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	26.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew County	Marion County
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew County	Marion County
Drove alone	81.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew County	Marion County
1-unit, detached	57.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Drew County	Marion County
Poverty rate	22.7%	17.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1984	1985