Madison County vs Marion County

A side-by-side comparison of Madison County and Marion County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marion County has the higher population (17,076 vs 17,032 in Madison County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($53,888 vs $46,953 in Marion County). Marion County has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $157,800 in Madison County).

Population, income & housing

	Madison County	Marion County
Population	17,032	17,076
Median age	41.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,888	$46,953
Median home value	$157,800	$158,400
Median gross rent	$727	$792
Housing units	7,699	9,623
Homeownership rate	79.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison County	Marion County
Population	16,211 → 17,032 (+5.1%)	16,476 → 17,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$41,682 → $53,888 (+29.3%)	$36,719 → $46,953 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $157,800 (+31.1%)	$120,700 → $158,400 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $727 (+18.2%)	$632 → $792 (+25.3%)

Madison County

Population

16,21117,032

Median household income

$41,682$53,888

Median home value

$120,400$157,800

Median gross rent

$615$727

Marion County

Population

16,47617,076

Median household income

$36,719$46,953

Median home value

$120,700$158,400

Median gross rent

$632$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison County	Marion County
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.6%
75 and over	7.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison County	Marion County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	19.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison County	Marion County
No high school diploma	14.2%	13.7%
High school graduate	51.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison County	Marion County
Drove alone	78.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison County	Marion County
1-unit, detached	77.9%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Madison County	Marion County
Poverty rate	15.0%	17.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1990	1985