Lexa, Arkansas

Population

Down 12.7% since 2020.

178

people, the 385th-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 18% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$713

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 $331.

A $331 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Phillips County.

• $557 Tract 4804
• $888 Tract 4801

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

60% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 60% 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 50% less than Arkansas's.

$93,100

median home value in Lexa.

• $93,100 Lexa
• $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