Egypt, Arkansas

Population

Down 4.4% since 2020.

108

people, the 441st-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

Rent

Median rent is up 94% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$900

a month. Arkansas's median is $947.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,083 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Craighead County.

• $846 Tract 7.02
• $1,929 Tract 8.03

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 91% 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

Home value

A median home costs 60% less than Arkansas's.

$75,000

median home value in Egypt.

• $75,000 Egypt
• $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