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Median Home Price in Mena, AR

The median home value in Mena, AR is $198,866 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.49% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$198,866

Year-over-Year

+3.49%

Population

5,633

Mena ranks #36 of 64 Arkansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 8.0% below the state's city median of $216,192. It sits in Polk County, where the county-wide median is $191,925.

Housing affordability in Mena

Median household income in Mena is $47,428, so the typical home value is about 4.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Mena

Mena police recorded a violent crime rate of 373 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,574 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Mena

What is the average home price in Mena, AR?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Mena, that value is $198,866. That's up 3.49% from a year earlier. It is about 8.0% below the typical Arkansas city tracked here.

Is Mena expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Mena are more expensive than Polk County as a whole, where the median is $191,925 — a difference of about 3.6%.

Is Mena affordable?

Median household income here is $47,428, so the typical home value is about 4.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Mena a safe place to live?

Mena police reported 373 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,633. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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