Grant County, Arkansas

Grant County has a population of 18,242 and has grown 4.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $161,700, about 2.3 times the county's median household income of $71,549.

Home price
$161,700
Income
$71,549
Population
18,242
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$161,700county
Median gross rent$788county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198030.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile23.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,321(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$968county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$800county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,226county
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$71,549county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate13.1%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 home10.3%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.0%county
Share of workers employed by government22.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.5%county
Economic output per resident$36,620county

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 time30.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service31 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1145693county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station23 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.6%county
Traffic deaths5.5county
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 higher21.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.7%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment3468county
Students per full-time teacher11.5county
Free lunch eligible42.2%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians11county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.9%county
Frequent mental distress19.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.2%county

Place

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

Population18,242county
Land area in square miles632county
People per square mile of land28.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.0%county
Population change since 2020+4.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age40.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.5%county
Share of households that are one person29.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.9%county
Second languages0.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents323county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in517county
Households that moved away459county
Average income of arriving households$54,116county
Average income of departing households$49,719county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year33county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature63.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation52.7 incounty
Annual snowfall5.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.46 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F78 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing55 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days226 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 27county
Average first fall frostNov 8county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$139county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.0¢county
Household electricity use1,056 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity50.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.4%county
Homes heated by propane7.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood3.0%county
Households with broadband89.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk16.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk19.0county
Landslide risk20.6county
Hail risk45.3county
Earthquake risk66.1county
Tornado risk54.4county
Tropical cyclone risk37.8county
Extreme heat risk61.1county
Winter weather risk25.2county
Strong wind risk47.5county
Wildfire risk24.1county

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 Grant 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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