Ouachita County vs Poinsett County

A side-by-side comparison of Ouachita County and Poinsett County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poinsett County has the higher population (22,740 vs 22,317 in Ouachita County). Ouachita County has the higher median household income ($49,838 vs $47,188 in Poinsett County). Poinsett County has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $99,600 in Ouachita County).

Population, income & housing

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
Population	22,317	22,740
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,838	$47,188
Median home value	$99,600	$101,200
Median gross rent	$714	$647
Housing units	11,870	10,418
Homeownership rate	71.2%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
Population	23,830 → 22,317 (-6.3%)	23,896 → 22,740 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$35,425 → $49,838 (+40.7%)	$40,921 → $47,188 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $99,600 (+32.3%)	$78,800 → $101,200 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $714 (+36.0%)	$603 → $647 (+7.3%)

Ouachita County

Population

23,83022,317

Median household income

$35,425$49,838

Median home value

$75,300$99,600

Median gross rent

$525$714

Poinsett County

Population

23,89622,740

Median household income

$40,921$47,188

Median home value

$78,800$101,200

Median gross rent

$603$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	84.6%
Black or African American	41.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
No high school diploma	11.1%	17.7%
High school graduate	42.3%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
Drove alone	86.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
1-unit, detached	75.3%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Ouachita County	Poinsett County
Poverty rate	17.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1974	1978