Howard County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Howard County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (12,966 vs 12,701 in Howard County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $44,492 in Howard County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $106,100 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Howard County	Lincoln County
Population	12,701	12,966
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,492	$51,667
Median home value	$135,400	$106,100
Median gross rent	$702	$672
Housing units	6,162	4,398
Homeownership rate	71.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard County	Lincoln County
Population	13,311 → 12,701 (-4.6%)	13,455 → 12,966 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$36,059 → $44,492 (+23.4%)	$46,596 → $51,667 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $135,400 (+41.2%)	$76,300 → $106,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $702 (+16.8%)	$534 → $672 (+25.8%)

Howard County

Population

13,31112,701

Median household income

$36,059$44,492

Median home value

$95,900$135,400

Median gross rent

$601$702

Lincoln County

Population

13,45512,966

Median household income

$46,596$51,667

Median home value

$76,300$106,100

Median gross rent

$534$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard County	Lincoln County
Under 5	6.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	61.8%
Black or African American	20.8%	28.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	10.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	43.7%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	80.2%	83.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	74.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Howard County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	19.8%	17.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1979	1985