Drew County vs Sharp County

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

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

Sharp County has the higher population (17,597 vs 17,143 in Drew County). Sharp County has the higher median household income ($42,950 vs $41,071 in Drew County). Drew County has the higher median home value ($127,800 vs $94,600 in Sharp County).

Population, income & housing

	Drew County	Sharp County
Population	17,143	17,597
Median age	37.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,071	$42,950
Median home value	$127,800	$94,600
Median gross rent	$712	$648
Housing units	8,292	9,515
Homeownership rate	63.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drew County	Sharp County
Population	18,417 → 17,143 (-6.9%)	17,139 → 17,597 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$46,997 → $41,071 (-12.6%)	$34,671 → $42,950 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $127,800 (+28.1%)	$80,700 → $94,600 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $712 (+8.2%)	$527 → $648 (+23.0%)

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

Sharp County

Population

17,13917,597

Median household income

$34,671$42,950

Median home value

$80,700$94,600

Median gross rent

$527$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drew County	Sharp County
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	13.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.7%
75 and over	7.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drew County	Sharp County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	26.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drew County	Sharp County
No high school diploma	12.9%	14.6%
High school graduate	38.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drew County	Sharp County
Drove alone	81.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drew County	Sharp County
1-unit, detached	57.8%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Drew County	Sharp County
Poverty rate	22.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1984	1978