Montgomery County vs Prairie County

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

Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County has the higher population (8,571 vs 8,162 in Prairie County). Prairie County has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $49,015 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $87,500 in Prairie County).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
Population	8,571	8,162
Median age	50.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,015	$51,094
Median home value	$136,000	$87,500
Median gross rent	$734	$637
Housing units	5,469	4,093
Homeownership rate	78.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
Population	8,950 → 8,571 (-4.2%)	8,189 → 8,162 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$35,741 → $49,015 (+37.1%)	$42,660 → $51,094 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $136,000 (+32.3%)	$67,400 → $87,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $734 (+44.2%)	$619 → $637 (+2.9%)

Montgomery County

Population

8,9508,571

Median household income

$35,741$49,015

Median home value

$102,800$136,000

Median gross rent

$509$734

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)

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.3%
75 and over	11.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
No high school diploma	12.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
Drove alone	82.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery County	Prairie County
Poverty rate	20.8%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1989	1979