O'Kean, Arkansas

Population

Growing. Up 0.5% since 2020.

193

people, the 375th-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 82% since the 2010–2014 survey, before inflation.

$773

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 jumps $300.

A $300 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Randolph County.

• $618 Tract 9603.02
• $918 Tract 9603.01

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.

• 99% 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.

$76,000

median home value in O'Kean.

• $76,000 O'Kean
• $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