Nevada County vs Prairie County

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

Nevada 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.

Nevada County has the higher population (8,228 vs 8,162 in Prairie County). Prairie County has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $41,761 in Nevada County). Prairie County has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $85,700 in Nevada County).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada County	Prairie County
Population	8,228	8,162
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,761	$51,094
Median home value	$85,700	$87,500
Median gross rent	$841	$637
Housing units	4,318	4,093
Homeownership rate	65.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada County	Prairie County
Population	8,351 → 8,228 (-1.5%)	8,189 → 8,162 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$38,042 → $41,761 (+9.8%)	$42,660 → $51,094 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $85,700 (+29.3%)	$67,400 → $87,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $841 (+20.8%)	$619 → $637 (+2.9%)

Nevada County

Population

8,3518,228

Median household income

$38,042$41,761

Median home value

$66,300$85,700

Median gross rent

$696$841

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)

	Nevada County	Prairie County
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.3%
75 and over	9.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada County	Prairie County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	30.9%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada County	Prairie County
No high school diploma	9.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	48.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada County	Prairie County
Drove alone	83.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	14.3%	8.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada County	Prairie County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Nevada County	Prairie County
Poverty rate	28.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1981	1979