Fulton County vs Stone County

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

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

Stone County has the higher population (12,474 vs 12,239 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($38,941 vs $38,531 in Stone County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $107,200 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Stone County
Population	12,239	12,474
Median age	48.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,941	$38,531
Median home value	$107,200	$149,400
Median gross rent	$596	$717
Housing units	6,218	6,820
Homeownership rate	84.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Stone County
Population	12,231 → 12,239 (+0.1%)	12,475 → 12,474 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$35,405 → $38,941 (+10.0%)	$38,188 → $38,531 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $107,200 (+24.1%)	$121,100 → $149,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $596 (+9.4%)	$604 → $717 (+18.7%)

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

Stone County

Population

12,47512,474

Median household income

$38,188$38,531

Median home value

$121,100$149,400

Median gross rent

$604$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Stone County
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.5%
75 and over	11.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Stone County
No high school diploma	12.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Stone County
Drove alone	79.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	72.4%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Stone County
Poverty rate	14.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1983	1988