Crawford County, Arkansas

Crawford County has a population of 61,139 and has grown 4.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $182,800, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $64,132.

Home price
$182,800
Income
$64,132
Population
61,139
Unemployment
4.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$182,800county
Median gross rent$851county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198035.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,027county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$937county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$714county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,266county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$64,132county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate14.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.3%county
Unemployment rate4.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force55.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government11.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.0%county
Economic output per resident$38,083county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.54%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time24.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service12 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport59250county
Miles to nearest general aviation field25 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station114 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.2%county
Traffic deaths31.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher20.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.6%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment10417county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible65.2%county
Elementary schools11county
Middle schools6county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution9.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians35county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.6%county
Frequent mental distress19.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population61,139county
Land area in square miles595county
People per square mile of land103.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores6county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store24.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract26.6%county
Population change since 2020+4.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.9%county
Share of households that are one person23.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.4%county
Second languages7.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents236county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in1,784county
Households that moved away1,561county
Average income of arriving households$46,413county
Average income of departing households$43,867county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year46county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings34.8%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.43 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F66 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing62 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days209 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 7county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$134county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.0¢county
Household electricity use1,028 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity54.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas36.5%county
Homes heated by propane3.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood4.0%county
Households with broadband88.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk70.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk69.0county
Landslide risk88.6county
Hail risk63.3county
Earthquake risk66.6county
Tornado risk81.4county
Tropical cyclone risk43.4county
Extreme heat risk93.4county
Winter weather risk79.9county
Strong wind risk41.7county
Wildfire risk91.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Crawford County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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