Leola, Arkansas

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 147 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

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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Population

Growing. Up 3.1% since 2020.

471

people, the 270th-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
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.2%

of 168 jobs located in Leola are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 13% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$725

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
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $83.

A $83 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Grant County.
- $755 Tract 4704.01
- $838 Tract 4704.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,373–$2,060

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $725 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
Building

73% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 73% 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
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 147 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

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
Home value

A median home costs 72% less than Arkansas's.

$51,900

median home value in Leola.
- $51,900 Leola
- $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

Leola, Arkansas

Leola,
Arkansas.

Growing. Up 3.1% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 13% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $83.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

73% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 147 homes here.

A median home costs 72% less than Arkansas's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 3.1% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 13% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $83.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

73% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0–1% to the 147 homes here.

A median home costs 72% less than Arkansas's.

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