Lee County vs Searcy County

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

Lee County and Searcy 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 7,861 in Searcy County). Searcy County has the higher median household income ($41,978 vs $36,860 in Lee County). Searcy County has the higher median home value ($108,100 vs $77,900 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Searcy County
Population	8,511	7,861
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,860	$41,978
Median home value	$77,900	$108,100
Median gross rent	$638	$596
Housing units	3,707	4,721
Homeownership rate	61.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	17.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Searcy County
Population	9,194 → 8,511 (-7.4%)	7,908 → 7,861 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$29,681 → $36,860 (+24.2%)	$36,438 → $41,978 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $77,900 (+5.3%)	$103,500 → $108,100 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $638 (+21.5%)	$535 → $596 (+11.4%)

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

Searcy County

Population

7,9087,861

Median household income

$36,438$41,978

Median home value

$103,500$108,100

Median gross rent

$535$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Searcy County
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.0%
75 and over	8.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Searcy County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	54.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Searcy County
No high school diploma	17.4%	20.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Searcy County
Drove alone	77.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Searcy County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Searcy County
Poverty rate	27.7%	24.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1971	1980