Washington County, Arkansas

Washington County has a population of 256,765 and has grown 10.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $298,400, about 4.2 times the county's median household income of $70,639.

Home price
$298,400
Income
$70,639
Population
256,765
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$298,400county
Median gross rent$1,071county
Median year homes here were built1995county
Share of homes built before 198026.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented44.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,648county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,347county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,115county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,873county
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$70,639county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate14.6%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 home11.2%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government12.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.9%county
Economic output per resident$70,726county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.52%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 time20.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1123106county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station141 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.1%county
Traffic deaths21.8county
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 higher35.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.8%county
Public schools in the county74county
Public school enrollment42286county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible58.6%county
Elementary schools35county
Middle schools22county
High schools14county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.3%county

Place

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

Population256,765county
Land area in square miles941county
People per square mile of land273.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores40county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store15.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.6%county
Population change since 2020+10.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age32.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over12.3%county
Share of households that are one person28.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States12.4%county
Second languages17.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls59.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents122county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in8,404county
Households that moved away7,470county
Average income of arriving households$61,911county
Average income of departing households$56,937county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes25county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,632county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.4%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature60.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation53.7 incounty
Annual snowfall11.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.41 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F49 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing68 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days211 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 5county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$133county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,028 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity47.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.5%county
Homes heated by propane3.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood2.6%county
Households with broadband91.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk90.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk83.7county
Hail risk94.1county
Earthquake risk84.1county
Tornado risk95.4county
Tropical cyclone risk54.4county
Extreme heat risk99.4county
Winter weather risk96.9county
Strong wind risk72.7county
Wildfire risk94.1county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Washington 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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