Colt, Arkansas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 5.0% since 2020.
283
people, the 330th-largest of Arkansas's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Arkansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
94.2%
of 69 jobs located in Colt are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 24% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$711
a month. Arkansas's median is $947.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $291.
A $291 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in St. Francis County.
- $589 Tract 9602.02
- $880 Tract 9606
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,014–$1,521
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $711 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
65% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 65% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.5% to the 197 homes here.
1
is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 50% less than Arkansas's.
$93,800
median home value in Colt.
- $93,800 Colt
- $188,000 Arkansas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year