Saline County vs Washington County

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

Saline 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.

Washington County has the higher population (251,863 vs 125,724 in Saline County). Saline County has the higher median household income ($76,534 vs $66,426 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($266,000 vs $211,700 in Saline County).

Population, income & housing

	Saline County	Washington County
Population	125,724	251,863
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,534	$66,426
Median home value	$211,700	$266,000
Median gross rent	$980	$1,005
Housing units	52,468	103,174
Homeownership rate	76.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saline County	Washington County
Population	119,415 → 125,724 (+5.3%)	232,289 → 251,863 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$64,412 → $76,534 (+18.8%)	$50,451 → $66,426 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$156,800 → $211,700 (+35.0%)	$173,400 → $266,000 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $980 (+15.7%)	$794 → $1,005 (+26.6%)

Saline County

Population

119,415125,724

Median household income

$64,412$76,534

Median home value

$156,800$211,700

Median gross rent

$847$980

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)

	Saline County	Washington County
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.3%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saline County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	62.7%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saline County	Washington County
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saline County	Washington County
Drove alone	79.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saline County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	14.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Saline County	Washington County
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1997	1994