Hempstead County vs Randolph County

A side-by-side comparison of Hempstead County and Randolph County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hempstead County has the higher population (19,778 vs 18,733 in Randolph County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($52,838 vs $47,654 in Hempstead County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $100,200 in Hempstead County).

Population, income & housing

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
Population	19,778	18,733
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,654	$52,838
Median home value	$100,200	$118,100
Median gross rent	$781	$671
Housing units	9,638	8,620
Homeownership rate	69.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
Population	21,842 → 19,778 (-9.4%)	17,695 → 18,733 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$42,860 → $47,654 (+11.2%)	$37,218 → $52,838 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $100,200 (+23.6%)	$87,200 → $118,100 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $781 (+12.5%)	$619 → $671 (+8.4%)

Hempstead County

Population

21,84219,778

Median household income

$42,860$47,654

Median home value

$81,100$100,200

Median gross rent

$694$781

Randolph County

Population

17,69518,733

Median household income

$37,218$52,838

Median home value

$87,200$118,100

Median gross rent

$619$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	89.5%
Black or African American	29.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	16.6%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
Drove alone	85.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	69.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Hempstead County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	19.0%	21.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1980	1979