Fulton County vs Little River County

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

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

Fulton County has the higher population (12,239 vs 11,959 in Little River County). Little River County has the higher median household income ($52,241 vs $38,941 in Fulton County). Little River County has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $107,200 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Little River County
Population	12,239	11,959
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,941	$52,241
Median home value	$107,200	$113,400
Median gross rent	$596	$812
Housing units	6,218	6,071
Homeownership rate	84.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Little River County
Population	12,231 → 12,239 (+0.1%)	12,347 → 11,959 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$35,405 → $38,941 (+10.0%)	$45,113 → $52,241 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,200 (+24.1%)	$77,900 → $113,400 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $596 (+9.4%)	$601 → $812 (+35.1%)

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

Little River County

Population

12,34711,959

Median household income

$45,113$52,241

Median home value

$77,900$113,400

Median gross rent

$601$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Little River County
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.3%
75 and over	11.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Little River County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Little River County
No high school diploma	12.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Little River County
Drove alone	79.3%	85.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Little River County
1-unit, detached	72.4%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Little River County
Poverty rate	14.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1983	1980