State profile · AR

Largest Cities in Arkansas

Name: Arkansas Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 524 tracked cities and towns in Arkansas, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

524
Cities: 2.1M
Combined city pop.: $52,575
Avg median income: 14.7%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Little Rock is the largest of 524 tracked cities in Arkansas, which ranks #50 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Little Rock
largest tracked city (202,739 people): #50
national rank, avg median income: 524
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

93% of Arkansas's 524 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

486
10K-99K

37
100K-999K

1

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Arkansas coverage, with 486 of 524 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Arkansas is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Arkansas's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Little Rock

202,739
Fayetteville

97,227
Fort Smith

89,496
Springdale

87,388
Jonesboro

79,187
Rogers

71,411
Conway

66,288
North Little Rock

64,504
Bentonville

56,326
Pine Bluff

40,436
Hot Springs

38,023
Benton

35,954

What this shows Little Rock, AR is the most populous city profiled in Arkansas; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 524-row record is available as a CSV.

How Arkansas ranks nationally

Avg median income

$52,575

#50 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$127,097

#48 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

14.7%

#44 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

524

#22 of 52 · most tracked cities

Arkansas ranks #50 of 52 nationally on average median income and #44 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Arkansas's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$127,097 Among the most affordable more affordable than 92% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Arkansas

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 524 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Little Rock	202,739	$60,583	$221,200	12.7%
2	Fayetteville	97,227	$59,074	$322,500	10.7%
3	Fort Smith	89,496	$52,692	$168,100	13.2%
4	Springdale	87,388	$66,044	$237,200	9.5%
5	Jonesboro	79,187	$52,559	$213,400	16.1%
6	Rogers	71,411	$82,993	$278,000	8.4%
7	Conway	66,288	$58,461	$234,600	11.8%
8	North Little Rock	64,504	$51,236	$169,500	17.2%
9	Bentonville	56,326	$108,465	$370,700	5.4%
10	Pine Bluff	40,436	$41,250	$86,400	22.0%
11	Hot Springs	38,023	$46,441	$156,900	13.7%
12	Benton	35,954	$69,638	$199,400	6.2%
13	Sherwood	32,915	$79,157	$190,900	7.5%
14	Bella Vista	30,935	$85,932	$262,400	1.9%
15	Paragould	29,940	$56,181	$175,400	12.6%
16	Texarkana	29,343	$47,930	$162,700	16.7%
17	Jacksonville	29,285	$46,947	$155,300	13.7%
18	Russellville	29,057	$48,708	$166,500	15.2%
19	Cabot	26,733	$72,656	$197,000	7.7%
20	West Memphis	24,147	$41,860	$119,100	22.0%
21	Van Buren	23,545	$59,420	$178,000	10.6%
22	Searcy	23,115	$50,896	$176,200	17.0%
23	Bryant	21,125	$83,219	$223,400	4.7%
24	Centerton	20,212	$112,920	$295,500	2.9%
25	Maumelle	19,286	$92,466	$276,900	6.0%
26	Siloam Springs	18,096	$65,725	$205,000	9.7%
27	El Dorado	17,382	$45,159	$113,100	20.2%
28	Marion	13,641	$80,637	$206,300	6.1%
29	Harrison	13,217	$40,568	$165,000	9.5%
30	Blytheville	13,026	$49,928	$101,200	13.3%
31	Mountain Home	13,021	$42,103	$160,200	12.3%
32	Forrest City	12,826	$33,522	$87,800	31.5%
33	Batesville	11,385	$54,424	$159,200	22.4%
34	Magnolia	10,973	$42,188	$166,500	21.9%
35	Malvern	10,938	$40,602	$95,500	16.7%
36	Lowell	10,438	$92,986	$260,100	5.9%
37	Camden	10,427	$51,300	$108,800	12.5%
38	Arkadelphia	10,316	$42,430	$176,000	16.8%
39	Greenwood	9,570	$65,745	$177,300	7.8%
40	Clarksville	9,500	$37,848	$159,700	19.0%
41	Helena-West Helena	9,218	$32,466	$72,300	32.6%
42	Hope	8,787	$44,353	$87,800	15.6%
43	Beebe	8,580	$56,424	$163,400	6.2%
44	Farmington	8,469	$88,541	$249,900	1.7%
45	Monticello	8,320	$27,998	$128,900	21.1%
46	Wynne	8,220	$40,102	$125,300	22.5%
47	Stuttgart	8,060	$58,906	$150,600	9.6%
48	Newport	8,019	$32,693	$132,200	29.9%
49	Pocahontas	7,475	$42,829	$107,500	19.4%
50	Prairie Grove	7,445	$58,556	$226,800	9.4%
51	Trumann	7,432	$38,079	$108,000	17.3%
52	Pea Ridge	7,348	$93,627	$255,600	1.7%
53	Heber Springs	7,101	$49,917	$152,900	13.9%
54	Morrilton	7,022	$38,056	$150,900	24.3%
55	Osceola	6,807	$40,783	$108,700	27.7%
56	Ward	6,367	$78,841	$182,100	14.3%
57	East End	6,344	$77,122	$206,000	6.3%
58	De Queen	6,077	$50,979	$108,500	8.5%
59	Alma	5,879	$58,320	$197,200	18.4%
60	Greenbrier	5,875	$59,099	$171,100	2.5%
61	Cave Springs	5,778	$147,917	$431,300	1.9%
62	Tontitown	5,739	$80,987	$394,200	4.4%
63	Berryville	5,715	$39,548	$153,500	20.7%
64	Mena	5,605	$50,875	$114,200	16.7%
65	White Hall	5,520	$84,304	$207,100	8.7%
66	Walnut Ridge	5,440	$47,612	$104,500	17.8%
67	Warren	5,342	$35,064	$86,400	27.8%
68	Sheridan	5,063	$61,025	$182,300	12.9%
69	Barling	4,919	$52,009	$125,200	7.8%
70	Crossett	4,719	$42,792	$101,200	21.2%
71	Shannon Hills	4,557	$69,413	$175,200	4.5%
72	Dardanelle	4,517	$43,287	$123,200	6.8%
73	Piney	4,485	$49,002	$131,300	21.2%
74	Vilonia	4,405	$82,753	$210,700	7.6%
75	Lonoke	4,260	$49,323	$123,700	14.8%
76	Southside	4,254	$55,469	$127,400	15.8%
77	Brookland	4,230	$59,677	$163,500	6.8%
78	Ashdown	4,225	$47,398	$130,900	21.0%
79	Gibson	4,141	$62,194	$150,300	7.2%
80	Nashville	4,114	$39,207	$138,400	23.0%
81	Gentry	4,069	$65,325	$162,400	4.8%
82	Haskell	4,035	$92,061	$158,000	1.9%
83	Rockwell	3,921	$61,452	$255,700	18.9%
84	Dumas	3,877	$34,938	$90,800	23.3%
85	Booneville	3,814	$49,653	$91,800	9.9%
86	Austin	3,805	$93,315	$209,800	2.8%
87	McGehee	3,744	$33,679	$93,000	28.2%
88	Elkins	3,710	$81,111	$190,100	3.9%
89	Landmark	3,679	$44,577	$127,700	27.3%
90	Manila	3,675	$65,691	$150,300	14.5%
91	Gravette	3,629	$65,014	$189,100	4.2%
92	Johnson	3,628	$87,150	$255,500	0.0%
93	Piggott	3,589	$49,306	$111,900	16.2%
94	Ozark	3,555	$49,283	$125,100	8.6%
95	Marianna	3,502	$20,507	$73,800	37.8%
96	Alexander	3,488	$69,022	$157,700	18.0%
97	Waldron	3,370	$41,028	$99,300	13.9%
98	Fordyce	3,320	$43,056	$92,500	12.3%
99	Paris	3,287	$48,789	$112,700	12.6%
100	Pottsville	3,201	$66,761	$169,800	9.9%

What to do with Arkansas's city data

524 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Little Rock is Arkansas's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major AR metro. Little Rock profile
Goshen has the highest median household income of any tracked city in Arkansas, a different lens than population size alone. Goshen profile
See how Arkansas's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 524 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Arkansas on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 2,098,623.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $52,575. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Arkansas?

PlainCities profiles 524 cities and towns in Arkansas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Arkansas?

Little Rock is the largest tracked city in Arkansas, with a population of 202,739.

What is the average household income in Arkansas?

Across the 524 tracked cities in Arkansas, the average median household income is $52,575. Individual cities vary widely, with Goshen reporting the highest median income at $177,604.

What is the average poverty rate in Arkansas?

The average poverty rate across Arkansas's tracked cities is 14.7%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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