
Arkansas · Census place 18490
De Queen, AR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of De Queen, Arkansas (De Queen, AR — Census place “De Queen city”) is 6,077 residents, ranking #59 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $50,979, the median home is worth $108,500 and median gross rent runs $705 a month. Looking for the De Queen Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve De Queen, AR: 71832.
- Population
- 6,077De Queen city residents
- Median household income
- $50,979Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $108,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $705Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 44%Owner-occupied households
De Queen ZIP codes (Arkansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps De Queen.
The De Queen AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in De Queen city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the De Queen city median would spend about 16.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.8% of residents and 44% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
De Queen city, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
De Queen city is a mid-size town in Arkansas, with 6,077 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 33.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in De Queen city earn a median of $50,979 a year, 35.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 17.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in De Queen city is valued at $108,500, 64.2% below the national figure and 16% below the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $705 a month, 49.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,460 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 44% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Arkansas.
- Alma city 5,879
- East End CDP 6,344
- Greenbrier city 5,875
- Ward city 6,367
- Cave Springs city 5,778
- Osceola city 6,807
- Tontitown city 5,739
- Morrilton city 7,022
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of De Queen city?
- De Queen city has 6,077 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 625 in Arkansas.
- What is the median household income in De Queen city?
- Median household income in De Queen city is $50,979 a year, 35.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in De Queen city?
- Median gross rent is $705 a month and the median home value is $108,500, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.
- Is De Queen city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so De Queen city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this De Queen city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.