Phillips County vs Sevier County

A side-by-side comparison of Phillips County and Sevier County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phillips County has the higher population (15,910 vs 15,797 in Sevier County). Sevier County has the higher median household income ($51,641 vs $38,874 in Phillips County). Sevier County has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $76,200 in Phillips County).

Population, income & housing

	Phillips County	Sevier County
Population	15,910	15,797
Median age	39.9 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,874	$51,641
Median home value	$76,200	$111,700
Median gross rent	$756	$725
Housing units	8,386	6,768
Homeownership rate	54.0%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillips County	Sevier County
Population	18,606 → 15,910 (-14.5%)	17,081 → 15,797 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$29,320 → $38,874 (+32.6%)	$47,704 → $51,641 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $76,200 (+7.8%)	$84,300 → $111,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $756 (+29.0%)	$581 → $725 (+24.8%)

Phillips County

Population

18,60615,910

Median household income

$29,320$38,874

Median home value

$70,700$76,200

Median gross rent

$586$756

Sevier County

Population

17,08115,797

Median household income

$47,704$51,641

Median home value

$84,300$111,700

Median gross rent

$581$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillips County	Sevier County
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.0%
75 and over	7.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillips County	Sevier County
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	53.6%
Black or African American	61.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	35.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillips County	Sevier County
No high school diploma	17.4%	27.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillips County	Sevier County
Drove alone	79.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	21.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillips County	Sevier County
1-unit, detached	69.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Phillips County	Sevier County
Poverty rate	28.7%	19.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1975	1980