Stoop & Kin

Calhoun County, Arkansas

What farmland and houses are worth here, from the public figures, and where to look next.

Farmland and its buildings in Calhoun County averaged $2,591 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 5th cheapest of the 75 counties in Arkansas, 34% below the Arkansas average in the same census ($3,921).

In the 2017 census it was $2,591 an acre, so the average has not moved in five years.

Calhoun County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $2,591
The same, 2017 $2,591 0%
Farms counted, 2022 119 (101 in 2017)
Average farm 134 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 4%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $110,700 ± $17,000

The farm figure is land and buildings together, averaged over every farm in the county, from the largest ranch to the smallest holding. It is for comparing one county with another, not a price for any parcel: a few acres with road frontage usually costs more an acre than the average, not less.

Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Arkansas county data, Table 8; Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, table B25077

Next door

The counties that share a border with Calhoun County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Dallas County $2,085 $97,300
Ouachita County $2,230 $102,100
Union County $2,912 $120,900
Bradley County $3,664 $94,800
Cleveland County $3,733 $137,600

Buying land here: the Arkansas rules

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