Lee County vs Prairie County

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Prairie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lee County has the higher population (8,511 vs 8,162 in Prairie County). Prairie County has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $36,860 in Lee County). Prairie County has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $77,900 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Prairie County
Population	8,511	8,162
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,860	$51,094
Median home value	$77,900	$87,500
Median gross rent	$638	$637
Housing units	3,707	4,093
Homeownership rate	61.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	17.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Prairie County
Population	9,194 → 8,511 (-7.4%)	8,189 → 8,162 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$29,681 → $36,860 (+24.2%)	$42,660 → $51,094 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $77,900 (+5.3%)	$67,400 → $87,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $638 (+21.5%)	$619 → $637 (+2.9%)

Lee County

Population

9,1948,511

Median household income

$29,681$36,860

Median home value

$74,000$77,900

Median gross rent

$525$638

Prairie County

Population

8,1898,162

Median household income

$42,660$51,094

Median home value

$67,400$87,500

Median gross rent

$619$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Prairie County
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.3%
75 and over	8.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Prairie County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	83.9%
Black or African American	54.6%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Prairie County
No high school diploma	17.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	47.7%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Prairie County
Drove alone	77.9%	85.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Prairie County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Prairie County
Poverty rate	27.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1971	1979