Cost of Living in Arkansas

2025 affordability guide — compare housing costs, rental prices, and living expenses across 559 cities in Arkansas.

89.5
Avg COL Index
559
Cities Ranked
$126,604
Avg Home Value

Housing Market

$126,604

Average median home value across Arkansas cities.

Rental Market

Rental data covers median monthly rent for tracked cities in Arkansas.

Affordability

Well Below Average

COL index 89.5 vs. national average of 100. Your dollar goes further here.

Most & Least Expensive Cities in Arkansas

Quick look at the cost extremes across Arkansas.

All 20 Major Cities Ranked by Cost of Living

Sorted from most expensive to most affordable. Click any city for a detailed breakdown with housing, rental, and income data.

# City COL Index Affordability Median Home Median Rent
1 Maysville CDP 144.6 Very Expensive $859,400 N/A
2 Goshen 126.4 Very Expensive $616,800 N/A
3 Natural Steps CDP 113.4 Expensive $443,900 N/A
4 Cave Springs 112.4 Expensive $431,300 N/A
5 Lake Hamilton CDP 110.9 Expensive $411,000 N/A
6 Tontitown 109.6 Moderate $394,200 N/A
7 Little Flock 108.9 Moderate $383,900 N/A
8 Bentonville 107.9 Moderate $370,700 N/A
9 Elm Springs 107.2 Moderate $362,400 N/A
10 Prairie Creek CDP 107.1 Moderate $360,200 N/A
11 Board Camp CDP 105.8 Moderate $342,900 N/A
12 Fayetteville 104.2 Moderate $322,500 N/A
13 Avilla CDP 102.3 Moderate $297,200 N/A
14 Centerton 102.2 Moderate $295,500 N/A
15 Wooster 102.0 Moderate $292,900 N/A
16 Cammack Village 102.0 Moderate $292,700 N/A
17 Clarkedale 101.5 Moderate $286,200 N/A
18 Rogers 100.9 Moderate $278,000 N/A
19 Maumelle 100.8 Moderate $276,900 N/A
20 Bella Vista 99.7 Moderate $262,400 N/A

All 470 Cities in Arkansas

Complete directory of every tracked city and town. Filter or scroll to find yours.

Alexander (91.9) Alicia (84.3) Alma (94.8) Almyra (85.7) Alpena (87.7) Altheimer (85.7) Altus (88.3) Amity (87.6) Antoine (83.2) Aplin CDP (94.8) Arkadelphia (93.2) Armorel CDP (93.7) Ash Flat (86.6) Ashdown (89.8) Atkins (88.1) Aubrey (86.1) Augusta (88.8) Avilla CDP (102.3) Avoca (94.7) Bald Knob (90.3) Banks (85.6) Barling (89.4) Batavia CDP (96.3) Batesville (92.0) Bauxite (94.8) Bay (88.2) Bearden (85.7) Beaver (97.9) Bee Branch CDP (91.1) Beebe (92.3) Bella Vista (99.7) Belleville (86.5) Ben Lomond (86.9) Benton (95.0) Bentonville (107.9) Bergman (89.0) Berryville (91.5) Bigelow (91.7) Biggers (84.1) Birdsong (83.9) Black Rock (85.1) Blevins (87.9) Blue Eye (84.5) Blue Mountain (85.9) Bluff City (86.4) Blytheville (87.6) Board Camp CDP (105.8) Bodcaw (87.2) Boles CDP (93.3) Bonanza (90.6) Bono (90.8) Booneville (86.9) Bradford (86.6) Bradley (84.8) Branch (83.9) Briarcliff (95.4) Brinkley (86.3) Brookland (92.3) Bryant (96.8) Bull Shoals (91.8) Cabot (94.8) Caddo Valley (89.1) Caldwell (88.2) Calico Rock (89.0) Calion (84.6) Camden (88.2) Cammack Village (102.0) Campbell Station (86.5) Caraway (85.5) Carthage (86.6) Cash (85.8) Caulksville (91.6) Cave City (89.0) Cave Springs (112.4) Cedarville (91.9) Center Ridge CDP (86.3) Centerton (102.2) Central City (89.2) Charleston (88.8) Chester (95.9) Chidester (85.5) Clarendon (85.4) Clarkedale (101.5) Clarksville (92.0) Clinton (89.1) Coal Hill (87.8) Collins CDP (84.1) Colt (87.1) Concord (88.6) Conway (97.6) Corning (86.4) Cotter (92.2) Cotton Plant (82.8) Cove (86.0) Coy (87.0) Crawfordsville (90.1) Crystal Springs CDP (99.6) Cushman (88.7) Damascus (90.5) Danville (88.8) Dardanelle (89.3) DeWitt (86.4) Delaplaine (87.8) Delight (84.3) Denning (84.4) Dermott (85.8) Des Arc (86.5) Diamond City (87.2) Diaz (86.4) Dierks (85.5) Donaldson (84.3) Dover (88.0) Dumas (86.8) Dyer (95.9) Dyess (83.1) Earle (87.0) East Camden (88.0) East End CDP (95.5) Edmondson (93.4) Egypt (86.3) El Dorado (88.5) El Paso CDP (90.1) Elaine (84.2) Elkins (94.3) Elm Springs (107.2) Emerson (89.1) Emmet (85.0) England (87.0) Enola (92.4) Etowah (86.1) Eudora (83.9) Eureka Springs (98.6) Everton (84.5) Fair Oaks CDP (84.4) Fairfield Bay (91.8) Fargo (81.7) Farmington (98.8) Fayetteville (104.2) Fifty-Six (92.9) Fisher (84.1) Flippin (88.4) Floyd CDP (98.6) Fordyce (87.0) Forrest City (86.6) Fort Smith (92.6) Fouke (86.0) Fountain Lake (92.0) Fourche (88.0) Fox CDP (87.7) Fredonia (Biscoe) (84.8) Friendship (92.3) Fulton (89.5) Garfield (94.8) Garland (82.8) Gassville (89.5) Gateway (92.7) Genoa CDP (89.4) Gentry (92.2) Georgetown (83.1) Gibson CDP (91.3) Gillett (86.9) Gillham (83.6) Glenwood (88.1) Goodwin CDP (86.7) Goshen (126.4) Gould (84.4) Grady (83.9) Grannis (86.9) Gravette (94.2) Green Forest (89.6) Greenbrier (92.9) Greenland (94.7) Greenway (82.8) Greenwood (93.3) Greers Ferry (94.5) Griffithville (84.6) Guion (88.3) Gum Springs (84.4) Gurdon (87.1) Guy (95.0) Hamburg (85.8) Hampton (86.5) Hardy (84.5) Harrell (88.6) Harrisburg (88.5) Harrison (92.4) Hartford (85.5) Hartman (89.2) Hatfield (88.9) Havana (86.2) Heber Springs (91.5) Hector (88.2) Helena-West Helena (85.4) Hermitage (88.6) Hickory Ridge (83.8) Higginson (87.1) Highfill (97.2) Highland (87.8) Hindsville (86.3) Holiday Island (95.9) Holland (91.1) Holly Grove (86.1) Hope (86.6) Horatio (88.3) Horseshoe Bend (88.8) Horseshoe Lake (87.0) Hot Springs (91.8) Hot Springs Village CDP (99.7) Houston (86.7) Hughes (85.6) Humnoke (85.7) Humphrey (84.8) Huntington (83.5) Huntsville (91.0) Huttig (83.5) Imboden (86.4) Jacksonville (91.7) Jasper (93.9) Jennette (88.7) Jericho (87.3) Jerome CDP (80.8) Johnson (99.2) Joiner (83.8) Jones Mills CDP (89.8) Jonesboro (96.0) Judsonia (88.6) Junction City (88.3) Keiser (89.7) Kibler (94.3) Kingsland (82.6) Kingston CDP (89.2) Kirby CDP (88.4) Knobel (80.8) Knoxville (87.5) Lacey CDP (96.2) Lafe (85.5) Lake City (89.4) Lake Hamilton CDP (110.9) Lake View (83.6) Lake Village (89.0) Lakeview (95.0) Landmark CDP (89.6) Lavaca (91.7) Leachville (88.7) Lead Hill (87.8) Leola (83.9) Leslie (87.1) Lewisville (85.4) Lexa (86.3) Lincoln (91.4) Little Flock (108.9) Little Rock (96.6) Lockesburg (88.7) London (87.3) Lonoke (89.3) Lonsdale (92.1) Lost Bridge Village CDP (99.1) Louann (84.1) Luxora (82.9) Lynn (86.8) Madison (84.3) Magazine (86.6) Magnolia (92.5) Malvern (87.2) Mammoth Spring (87.5) Manila (91.3) Mansfield (88.5) Marianna (85.5) Marie (94.1) Marion (95.5) Marked Tree (86.4) Marmaduke (88.3) Marshall (87.7) Marvell (84.4) Maumelle (100.8) Mayflower (92.3) Maynard (87.0) Maysville CDP (144.6) McAlmont CDP (96.2) McCrory (87.1) McDougal (85.6) McGehee (87.0) McNeil (84.9) McRae (86.1) Melbourne (95.3) Mena (88.6) Menifee (89.4) Midland (85.3) Midway (91.9) Midway CDP (90.6) Mineral Springs (90.0) Minturn (98.2) Mitchellville (84.9) Monette (88.5) Monticello (89.7) Montrose (84.5) Moorefield (95.0) Moro (82.4) Morrilton (91.3) Morrison Bluff (88.7) Morrow CDP (95.4) Mount Ida (91.9) Mount Pleasant (88.8) Mount Vernon (89.4) Mountain Home (92.0) Mountain Pine (83.5) Mountain View (95.1) Mountainburg (85.9) Murfreesboro (87.9) Nashville (90.4) Natural Steps CDP (113.4) New Blaine CDP (96.4) New Edinburg CDP (90.1) Newhope CDP (88.4) Newport (89.9) Norman (86.9) Norphlet (88.2) North Crossett CDP (85.6) North Little Rock (92.7) O'Kean (84.2) Oak Grove (90.6) Oak Grove Heights (92.9) Oakhaven (88.1) Oden (85.1) Ogden (83.5) Oil Trough (86.3) Okolona (86.3) Ola (85.0) Omaha (86.0) Oppelo (89.4) Osceola (88.2) Oxford (86.1) Ozark (89.4) Ozark Acres CDP (85.0) Palestine (84.3) Pangburn (88.1) Paragould (93.2) Paris (88.5) Parkin (82.8) Patmos (83.9) Patterson (83.6) Pea Ridge (99.2) Peach Orchard (83.9) Pearcy CDP (84.2) Perla (87.0) Perry (85.6) Perrytown (89.6) Perryville (88.8) Piggott (88.4) Pindall (87.8) Pine Bluff (86.5) Pineville (86.4) Piney CDP (89.9) Plainview (88.0) Pleasant Grove CDP (84.9) Pleasant Plains (89.8) Plumerville (88.4) Pocahontas (88.1) Portia (86.2) Portland (84.2) Pottsville (92.8) Poyen (88.2) Prairie Creek CDP (107.1) Prattsville (86.7) Prescott (87.1) Pyatt (87.3) Quitman (88.4) Ratcliff (88.5) Ravenden (86.2) Ravenden Springs (86.4) Rector (86.2) Redfield (90.9) Reyno (85.6) Rison (88.7) Rockport (90.9) Rockwell CDP (99.2) Roe (88.1) Rogers (100.9) Roland CDP (95.5) Rondo (84.4) Rosston (82.7) Russell (85.8) Russellville (92.5) Rye CDP (89.9) Salem (86.6) Salem CDP (94.4) Salesville (87.9) Sardis CDP (92.4) Scranton (88.6) Searcy (93.2) Sedgwick (84.0) Sheridan (93.7) Sherwood (94.4) Shirley (86.9) Sidney (88.6) Siloam Springs (95.4) Smackover (88.5) Smithville (87.1) South Lead Hill (87.8) Southside (89.6) Sparkman (84.6) Springdale (97.8) St. Francis (82.9) St. Joe (85.6) St. Paul (86.6) Stamps (85.4) Star City (88.9) Staves CDP (90.2) Stephens (84.0) Strawberry (89.8) Strong (85.0) Stuttgart (91.3) Subiaco (91.0) Success (81.0) Sulphur Rock (91.3) Sulphur Springs (88.3) Sulphur Springs CDP (88.6) Summit (90.1) Sunset (84.4) Sweet Home CDP (92.1) Swifton (85.5) Taylor (87.5) Texarkana (92.2) Thornton (84.3) Tinsman (87.4) Tollette (85.4) Tontitown (109.6) Traskwood (89.8) Trumann (88.1) Tucker CDP (84.0) Tull (91.0) Tumbling Shoals CDP (88.7) Tupelo (86.2) Turrell (83.5) Tyronza (86.9) Valley Springs (87.7) Van Buren (93.4) Vilonia (95.8) Viola (88.0) Walcott CDP (85.7) Waldo (86.8) Waldron (87.5) Walnut Ridge (87.9) Ward (93.7) Warren (86.5) Watson (82.7) Weiner (86.4) Weldon (84.1) Wesley CDP (93.9) West Crossett CDP (87.1) West Fork (93.7) West Point (85.6) Western Grove (90.3) Wheatley (93.0) Whelen Springs (90.3) White Hall (95.6) Wickes (85.3) Widener (83.8) Wilmar (87.6) Wilmot (83.6) Wilson (90.2) Wilton (86.8) Winslow (90.0) Woodlawn CDP (96.0) Woodson CDP (90.2) Wooster (102.0) Wrightsville (84.7) Wynne (89.4) Yarborough Landing CDP (87.6) Yellville (89.9)

Frequently Asked Questions

What states have the lowest cost of living?

States like Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Kansas typically have lower costs of living compared to coastal states.

What is the difference between RPP and COL Index?

RPP (Regional Price Parity) measures the price level for all items. COL Index combines RPP, housing, and rental data for a comprehensive comparison.

Data: BEA Regional Price Parities, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, HUD Fair Market Rents. Our Methodology · Data Sources

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