Sebastian County, Arkansas

Sebastian County has a population of 128,900 and has grown 2.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $176,200, about 3.0 times the county's median household income of $57,790.

Home price
$176,200
Income
$57,790
Population
128,900
Unemployment
5.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$176,200county
Median gross rent$886county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198049.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,073county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$937county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$714county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,266county
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$57,790county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate16.0%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 home7.6%county
Unemployment rate5.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.7%county
Share of workers employed by government13.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.8%county
Economic output per resident$71,802county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.62%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 time19.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.4 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport59250county
Miles to nearest general aviation field25 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station109 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.0%county
Traffic deaths24.0county
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 higher23.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.6%county
Public schools in the county40county
Public school enrollment20014county
Students per full-time teacher12.8county
Free lunch eligible64.4%county
Elementary schools22county
Middle schools7county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians131county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.0%county
Frequent mental distress20.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.1%county

Place

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

Population128,900county
Land area in square miles531county
People per square mile of land243.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores23county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store11.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.4%county
Population change since 2020+2.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.0%county
Share of households that are one person29.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.0%county
Second languages15.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls62.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents180county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in3,400county
Households that moved away3,332county
Average income of arriving households$46,725county
Average income of departing households$53,811county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes9county
Housing units authorised in the latest year525county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings72.8%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature63.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation56.1 incounty
Annual snowfall9.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.44 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F72 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing61 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days231 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 24county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$118county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.5¢county
Household electricity use1,028 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity52.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas44.6%county
Homes heated by propane0.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband86.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk86.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk38.4county
Landslide risk58.2county
Hail risk65.6county
Earthquake risk85.1county
Tornado risk94.2county
Tropical cyclone risk49.4county
Extreme heat risk96.4county
Winter weather risk91.9county
Strong wind risk56.0county
Wildfire risk90.4county

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

Figures marked county are measured for Sebastian 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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