State or territory · Census 2020–2024

Median rent and rent burden in Arkansas

Median monthly gross rent: $947
Rent burden · 30% or more: 44.8%
Severe burden · 50% or more: 21.4%

Burden figures cover an estimated 356,151 renter households with a computed rent-to-income ratio.

How much income would keep this rent at 30%?

The area’s median gross rent would equal 30% of an annual household income of $37,880. The calculation multiplies monthly rent by 12 and divides by 0.30.

Compare with broader areas

Same-period Census estimates
Area	Median gross rent ± margin	Rent burden	Severe burden
Arkansas	$947 ± $6	44.8%	21.4%
United States	$1,413 ± $2	51.1%	25.9%

Browse counties in Arkansas

Arkansas County$843 median gross rent · 47.1% rent burden
Ashley County$703 median gross rent · 48.7% rent burden
Baxter County$846 median gross rent · 51.4% rent burden
Benton County$1,277 median gross rent · 32.7% rent burden
Boone County$733 median gross rent · 40.1% rent burden
Bradley County$689 median gross rent · 48.3% rent burden
Carroll County$856 median gross rent · 48% rent burden
Chicot County$574 median gross rent · 41.7% rent burden
Clark County$793 median gross rent · 48.2% rent burden
Clay County$707 median gross rent · 39.8% rent burden
Cleburne County$859 median gross rent · 45.1% rent burden
Cleveland County$536 median gross rent · 61.2% rent burden
Columbia County$649 median gross rent · 31.1% rent burden
Conway County$755 median gross rent · 49.3% rent burden
Craighead County$958 median gross rent · 51% rent burden
Crawford County$851 median gross rent · 40.2% rent burden
Crittenden County$911 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Cross County$764 median gross rent · 49.3% rent burden
Dallas County$627 median gross rent · 40.4% rent burden
Desha County$718 median gross rent · 46.3% rent burden
Drew County$725 median gross rent · 42.9% rent burden
Faulkner County$1,005 median gross rent · 45.9% rent burden
Franklin County$719 median gross rent · 44.8% rent burden
Fulton County$626 median gross rent · 51.5% rent burden
Garland County$966 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Grant County$788 median gross rent · 49.8% rent burden
Greene County$904 median gross rent · 49.2% rent burden
Hempstead County$815 median gross rent · 62% rent burden
Hot Spring County$768 median gross rent · 34.3% rent burden
Howard County$690 median gross rent · 52.9% rent burden
Independence County$845 median gross rent · 42.8% rent burden
Izard County$621 median gross rent · 35.1% rent burden
Jackson County$668 median gross rent · 47.2% rent burden
Jefferson County$888 median gross rent · 46.1% rent burden
Johnson County$728 median gross rent · 49.9% rent burden
Lafayette County$755 median gross rent · 34.2% rent burden
Lawrence County$697 median gross rent · 43.5% rent burden
Lee County$667 median gross rent · 73% rent burden
Lincoln County$744 median gross rent · 35.9% rent burden
Little River County$697 median gross rent · 43% rent burden
Logan County$745 median gross rent · 36.4% rent burden
Lonoke County$1,025 median gross rent · 40.4% rent burden
Madison County$729 median gross rent · 38% rent burden
Marion County$795 median gross rent · 41.6% rent burden
Miller County$892 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Mississippi County$830 median gross rent · 51.5% rent burden
Monroe County$614 median gross rent · 37.7% rent burden
Montgomery County$636 median gross rent · 58% rent burden
Nevada County$869 median gross rent · 73.1% rent burden
Newton County$617 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Ouachita County$764 median gross rent · 50.8% rent burden
Perry County$805 median gross rent · 26.9% rent burden
Phillips County$737 median gross rent · 58.8% rent burden
Pike County$686 median gross rent · 61.1% rent burden
Poinsett County$619 median gross rent · 48.9% rent burden
Polk County$711 median gross rent · 33.1% rent burden
Pope County$859 median gross rent · 42.5% rent burden
Prairie County$625 median gross rent · 44.8% rent burden
Pulaski County$1,080 median gross rent · 47.9% rent burden
Randolph County$674 median gross rent · 45.9% rent burden
Saline County$1,033 median gross rent · 37.1% rent burden
Scott County$722 median gross rent · 52.8% rent burden
Searcy County$606 median gross rent · 55.7% rent burden
Sebastian County$886 median gross rent · 42.5% rent burden
Sevier County$751 median gross rent · 42.8% rent burden
Sharp County$766 median gross rent · 37.8% rent burden
St. Francis County$779 median gross rent · 54.9% rent burden
Stone County$626 median gross rent · 42.4% rent burden
Union County$847 median gross rent · 44.4% rent burden
Van Buren County$722 median gross rent · 54% rent burden
Washington County$1,071 median gross rent · 44.7% rent burden
White County$850 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Woodruff County$613 median gross rent · 46.4% rent burden
Yell County$735 median gross rent · 35.2% rent burden

Data and definitions

How to read the estimates

The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year release provides these survey estimates. America.co matched Census rent tables by geography ID and used the Gazetteer’s representative points to calculate straight-line distance.

Gross rent includes contract rent and utilities or fuels paid separately. The median describes cash-rent homes surveyed during this period.
Rent burden means gross rent was at least 30% of household income. Severe rent burden means at least 50%. Both shares use only cash-rent households for which Census could compute the ratio.
Margins use the Census 90% confidence level. The rent margin is published by Census. The burden margins are approximate and combine the published category margins using the Census sum and proportion formulas. County and ZIP-area pages require at least 100 estimated households with a computed ratio, a rent margin at most 35% of the estimate, and a rent-burden margin of 20 percentage points or less.
ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. A mailing ZIP can differ or have no corresponding Census area. Distances are straight-line distances between representative points.

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