Little River County vs Stone County

A side-by-side comparison of Little River County and Stone County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stone County has the higher population (12,474 vs 11,959 in Little River County). Little River County has the higher median household income ($52,241 vs $38,531 in Stone County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $113,400 in Little River County).

Population, income & housing

	Little River County	Stone County
Population	11,959	12,474
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,241	$38,531
Median home value	$113,400	$149,400
Median gross rent	$812	$717
Housing units	6,071	6,820
Homeownership rate	80.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little River County	Stone County
Population	12,347 → 11,959 (-3.1%)	12,475 → 12,474 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$45,113 → $52,241 (+15.8%)	$38,188 → $38,531 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $113,400 (+45.6%)	$121,100 → $149,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $812 (+35.1%)	$604 → $717 (+18.7%)

Little River County

Population

12,34711,959

Median household income

$45,113$52,241

Median home value

$77,900$113,400

Median gross rent

$601$812

Stone County

Population

12,47512,474

Median household income

$38,188$38,531

Median home value

$121,100$149,400

Median gross rent

$604$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little River County	Stone County
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.5%
75 and over	8.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little River County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	19.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little River County	Stone County
No high school diploma	9.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little River County	Stone County
Drove alone	85.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little River County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Little River County	Stone County
Poverty rate	16.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1980	1988