Fulton County vs Howard County

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton County and Howard County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howard County has the higher population (12,701 vs 12,239 in Fulton County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($44,492 vs $38,941 in Fulton County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $107,200 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Howard County
Population	12,239	12,701
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,941	$44,492
Median home value	$107,200	$135,400
Median gross rent	$596	$702
Housing units	6,218	6,162
Homeownership rate	84.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Howard County
Population	12,231 → 12,239 (+0.1%)	13,311 → 12,701 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$35,405 → $38,941 (+10.0%)	$36,059 → $44,492 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,200 (+24.1%)	$95,900 → $135,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $596 (+9.4%)	$601 → $702 (+16.8%)

Fulton County

Population

12,23112,239

Median household income

$35,405$38,941

Median home value

$86,400$107,200

Median gross rent

$545$596

Howard County

Population

13,31112,701

Median household income

$36,059$44,492

Median home value

$95,900$135,400

Median gross rent

$601$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Howard County
Under 5	4.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.0%
75 and over	11.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Howard County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Howard County
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	40.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Howard County
Drove alone	79.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Howard County
1-unit, detached	72.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Howard County
Poverty rate	14.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1983	1979