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The median home value in Craighead County, AR is $219,521 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.29% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$219,521
Year-over-Year
+4.29%
National Rank
#1725 of 3071
Craighead County ranks 15th out of 74 counties in AR by median home price, and is -6.3% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within AR, the typical county has a median home value of $166,302, making Craighead County +32.0% above the AR state median.
Households here earn a median of $59,548 a year against a typical home value of $219,521 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 52% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Craighead County recorded a violent crime rate of 690 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,846 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 89,407 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Craighead County is $219,521. That's up 4.29% from a year earlier. That is about 6.3% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Craighead County the 15th most expensive of 74 counties in Arkansas.
Median household income here is $59,548, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Craighead County recorded 690 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 89,407 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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