Lafayette County vs Woodruff County

A side-by-side comparison of Lafayette County and Woodruff County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lafayette County has the higher population (6,211 vs 6,157 in Woodruff County). Woodruff County has the higher median household income ($49,982 vs $37,237 in Lafayette County). Woodruff County has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $74,600 in Lafayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
Population	6,211	6,157
Median age	48.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,237	$49,982
Median home value	$74,600	$96,800
Median gross rent	$711	$595
Housing units	3,940	3,272
Homeownership rate	77.2%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
Population	6,800 → 6,211 (-8.7%)	6,533 → 6,157 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$32,397 → $37,237 (+14.9%)	$32,845 → $49,982 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $74,600 (+15.5%)	$66,400 → $96,800 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $711 (+50.3%)	$504 → $595 (+18.1%)

Lafayette County

Population

6,8006,211

Median household income

$32,397$37,237

Median home value

$64,600$74,600

Median gross rent

$473$711

Woodruff County

Population

6,5336,157

Median household income

$32,845$49,982

Median home value

$66,400$96,800

Median gross rent

$504$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
Under 5	3.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	14.7%
75 and over	10.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	69.5%
Black or African American	35.8%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
No high school diploma	18.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
Drove alone	84.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.9%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette County	Woodruff County
Poverty rate	27.2%	22.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1977	1978