Garland County vs Lonoke County

A side-by-side comparison of Garland County and Lonoke County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garland County has the higher population (100,062 vs 74,747 in Lonoke County). Lonoke County has the higher median household income ($71,449 vs $55,409 in Garland County). Lonoke County has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $176,400 in Garland County).

Population, income & housing

	Garland County	Lonoke County
Population	100,062	74,747
Median age	45.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,409	$71,449
Median home value	$176,400	$184,100
Median gross rent	$942	$961
Housing units	52,570	30,566
Homeownership rate	69.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland County	Lonoke County
Population	98,555 → 100,062 (+1.5%)	72,528 → 74,747 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$44,777 → $55,409 (+23.7%)	$59,094 → $71,449 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $176,400 (+26.1%)	$142,500 → $184,100 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $942 (+22.2%)	$796 → $961 (+20.7%)

Garland County

Population

98,555100,062

Median household income

$44,777$55,409

Median home value

$139,900$176,400

Median gross rent

$771$942

Lonoke County

Population

72,52874,747

Median household income

$59,094$71,449

Median home value

$142,500$184,100

Median gross rent

$796$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland County	Lonoke County
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.8%
75 and over	10.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland County	Lonoke County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland County	Lonoke County
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland County	Lonoke County
Drove alone	79.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland County	Lonoke County
1-unit, detached	64.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Garland County	Lonoke County
Poverty rate	16.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1984	1997