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Most affordable housing, Arkansas counties

Arkansas counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 75 counties in Arkansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 75 is 2.6. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lee County, AR, up 43 places to #14.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲2Nevada County, ARAR7,9421.5−7%

02▼1Calhoun County, ARAR4,6321.7+1%

03▲25Clay County, ARAR14,0521.8+1%

04Prairie County, ARAR7,9231.9−10%

05▲36Phillips County, ARAR14,2551.9−29%

06Lafayette County, ARAR5,8882.0+14%

07▲5Monroe County, ARAR6,2442.1−13%

08▲16Ouachita County, ARAR21,7312.1+14%

09▼4Ashley County, ARAR17,8312.1+11%

10▲7Lincoln County, ARAR12,7642.1+28%

11▼9Little River County, ARAR11,7632.1+18%

12▼5St. Francis County, ARAR21,8002.1−16%

13▲6Union County, ARAR36,9262.2+15%

14▲43Lee County, ARAR8,0292.2−19%

15▲5Sevier County, ARAR15,7582.2+21%

16▼7Lawrence County, ARAR16,2732.2+13%

17▲4Poinsett County, ARAR22,4832.2+7%

18▼10Woodruff County, ARAR5,7102.2+3%

19▲10Jefferson County, ARAR62,9872.2+10%

20▼10Jackson County, ARAR16,7412.2+9%

21▼6Hempstead County, ARAR19,0802.3+9%

22▲4Grant County, ARAR18,7562.3+29%

23▲2Chicot County, ARAR9,1072.3+8%

24▲3Bradley County, ARAR9,8282.3+28%

25▲9Dallas County, ARAR6,0112.3+22%

26▼15Cross County, ARAR16,1862.3+13%

27▲5Mississippi County, ARAR37,8282.3+5%

28▲19Perry County, ARAR10,3092.3+25%

29▲19Franklin County, ARAR17,7252.3+19%

30Sharp County, ARAR18,1222.4+12%

31▲4Logan County, ARAR21,6332.4+34%

32▲17Desha County, ARAR9,9842.4+4%

33▼10Pike County, ARAR9,9642.5+46%

34▲28Searcy County, ARAR7,8482.5+9%

35▼17Cleveland County, ARAR7,2242.5+48%

36▼14Independence County, ARAR38,7852.5+27%

37▼6Randolph County, ARAR18,8762.6+39%

38▼2Yell County, ARAR19,9562.6+34%

39▼23Arkansas County, ARAR15,8362.6+25%

40▼27Izard County, ARAR14,4052.6+18%

41▼27Scott County, ARAR9,9652.7+38%

42Lonoke County, ARAR76,6642.7+19%

43▼3Fulton County, ARAR12,4922.7+16%

44▲6Van Buren County, ARAR16,2382.7+6%

45▼12Hot Spring County, ARAR33,4512.7+34%

46▼9Columbia County, ARAR21,8942.7+33%

47▼9Saline County, ARAR133,2882.8+35%

48▲3Polk County, ARAR19,4862.8+40%

49▼3Conway County, ARAR21,3932.8+52%

50▼5Crawford County, ARAR62,6572.9+41%

51▲13Crittenden County, ARAR46,2102.9+26%

52▼9Greene County, ARAR47,4112.9+49%

53▲3Johnson County, ARAR26,2252.9+40%

54▲9White County, ARAR80,0853.0+35%

55▲6Pope County, ARAR64,9763.0+40%

56▲9Clark County, ARAR20,9383.0+38%

57▼3Sebastian County, ARAR130,6413.0+50%

58▼3Montgomery County, ARAR8,5793.1+61%

59▲1Madison County, ARAR18,4103.1+66%

60▼16Miller County, ARAR42,3573.2+50%

61▼2Cleburne County, ARAR25,6723.2+23%

62▼23Drew County, ARAR17,0543.3+60%

63▲10Marion County, ARAR17,5933.4+37%

64▼12Howard County, ARAR12,3063.4+95%

65▲1Garland County, ARAR99,6953.4+30%

66▲4Pulaski County, ARAR404,6113.4+51%

67▼9Boone County, ARAR38,6283.4+54%

68▲4Newton County, ARAR7,0263.5+53%

69Faulkner County, ARAR133,9793.5+50%

70▼17Benton County, ARAR332,5543.5+54%

71▼3Craighead County, ARAR116,9573.5+55%

72▼1Baxter County, ARAR42,9823.6+28%

73▼6Carroll County, ARAR29,2633.9+68%

74▲1Stone County, ARAR12,7034.2+77%

75▼1Washington County, ARAR271,2134.2+74%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES