Garland County vs Saline County

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

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

Saline County has the higher population (125,724 vs 100,062 in Garland County). Saline County has the higher median household income ($76,534 vs $55,409 in Garland County). Saline County has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $176,400 in Garland County).

Population, income & housing

	Garland County	Saline County
Population	100,062	125,724
Median age	45.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,409	$76,534
Median home value	$176,400	$211,700
Median gross rent	$942	$980
Housing units	52,570	52,468
Homeownership rate	69.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland County	Saline County
Population	98,555 → 100,062 (+1.5%)	119,415 → 125,724 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$44,777 → $55,409 (+23.7%)	$64,412 → $76,534 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $176,400 (+26.1%)	$156,800 → $211,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $942 (+22.2%)	$847 → $980 (+15.7%)

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

Saline County

Population

119,415125,724

Median household income

$64,412$76,534

Median home value

$156,800$211,700

Median gross rent

$847$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland County	Saline County
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.3%
75 and over	10.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland County	Saline County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	79.4%
Black or African American	7.8%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland County	Saline County
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland County	Saline County
Drove alone	79.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland County	Saline County
1-unit, detached	64.8%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Garland County	Saline County
Poverty rate	16.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1984	1997