Stoop & Kin

Ouachita County, Arkansas

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

Farmland and its buildings in Ouachita County averaged $2,230 an acre in the 2022 Census of Agriculture: the 2nd cheapest of the 75 counties in Arkansas, 43% below the Arkansas average in the same census ($3,921).

In the 2017 census it was $2,231 an acre, so the average has not moved in five years.

Ouachita County in figures
Farmland and buildings, an acre, 2022 $2,230
The same, 2017 $2,231 0%
Farms counted, 2022 155 (205 in 2017)
Average farm 268 acres
Share of the county that is farmland 8.9%
Median value of an owner-occupied home $102,100 ± $13,200

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 Ouachita County, cheapest farmland first.

Neighbouring counties
countyFarmland an acre Median home
Dallas County $2,085 $97,300
Nevada County $2,507 $83,300
Calhoun County $2,591 $110,700
Columbia County $2,902 $152,100
Union County $2,912 $120,900
Clark County $3,036 $155,000

Buying land here: the Arkansas rules

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