
Arkansas · Census place 61040
Rosston, AR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Rosston, Arkansas (Rosston, AR — Census place “Rosston town”) is 362 residents, ranking #355 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $69,191, the median home is worth $35,900 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Rosston Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rosston, AR: 71858.
- Population
- 362Rosston town residents
- Median household income
- $69,191Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $35,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 54.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 80.4%Owner-occupied households
Rosston ZIP codes (Arkansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rosston.
The Rosston 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 Rosston town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 0.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.8% of residents and 80.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Rosston town, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Rosston town is a very small community in Arkansas, with 362 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #355 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 43% of them. The median age here is 54.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Rosston town earn a median of $69,191 a year, 11.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 40% 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 8.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Rosston town is valued at $35,900, 88.2% below the national figure and 72% below the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 0.5×, 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. 80.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 54.1 puts Rosston town well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 362 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Rosston town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Rosston town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Arkansas.
- Plumerville city 1,008
- Marvell city 1,008
- Genoa CDP 1,008
- Horatio city 1,025
- Oppelo city 1,033
- Sulphur Springs CDP 1,035
- Caraway city 1,078
- Swifton city 1,082
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Rosston town?
- Rosston town has 362 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #355 of 625 in Arkansas.
- What is the median household income in Rosston town?
- Median household income in Rosston town is $69,191 a year, 11.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rosston town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $35,900.
- Is Rosston town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 0.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rosston town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Rosston town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.