Pulaski County vs Washington County

A side-by-side comparison of Pulaski County and Washington County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (398,949 vs 251,863 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($66,426 vs $60,385 in Pulaski County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($266,000 vs $199,600 in Pulaski County).

Population, income & housing

	Pulaski County	Washington County
Population	398,949	251,863
Median age	37.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,385	$66,426
Median home value	$199,600	$266,000
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,005
Housing units	192,085	103,174
Homeownership rate	57.7%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pulaski County	Washington County
Population	392,967 → 398,949 (+1.5%)	232,289 → 251,863 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$51,749 → $60,385 (+16.7%)	$50,451 → $66,426 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$157,200 → $199,600 (+27.0%)	$173,400 → $266,000 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,036 (+20.3%)	$794 → $1,005 (+26.6%)

Pulaski County

Population

392,967398,949

Median household income

$51,749$60,385

Median home value

$157,200$199,600

Median gross rent

$861$1,036

Washington County

Population

232,289251,863

Median household income

$50,451$66,426

Median home value

$173,400$266,000

Median gross rent

$794$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pulaski County	Washington County
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.3%
75 and over	6.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pulaski County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	36.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	2.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pulaski County	Washington County
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pulaski County	Washington County
Drove alone	77.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pulaski County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	64.1%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Pulaski County	Washington County
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1980	1994