Trumann, Arkansas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 0.6% since 2020.
7,527
people, the 52nd-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
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
71.1%
of 1,453 jobs located in Trumann 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.
$586
a month. Arkansas's median is $947.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $304.
A $304 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Poinsett County.
- $488 Tract 4903
- $792 Tract 4904
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.
$922–$1,383
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $586 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
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 192 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 38% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 84% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 3,609 homes here.
15
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 40% less than Arkansas's.
$112,300
median home value in Trumann.
- $112,300 Trumann
- $188,000 Arkansas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year