#	County	Cost of Living Score	Overall Score
1	Searcy County, AR	97.2	64.2
2	Woodruff County, AR	96.3	57.6
3	Monroe County, AR	95.8	49.1
4	Ashley County, AR	94.4	46.7
5	Lee County, AR	93.4	42.1
6	Dallas County, AR	93.3	57.6
7	Bradley County, AR	93	53.9
8	Fulton County, AR	92.5	51.4
9	Izard County, AR	91.2	56.4
10	Chicot County, AR	90.8	50.6
11	Jackson County, AR	90.8	42.3
12	Newton County, AR	90.8	65.3
13	Randolph County, AR	90.8	51
14	Pike County, AR	90.7	62.4
15	Polk County, AR	89.4	51.5
16	Cleveland County, AR	89.3	53.3
17	Lafayette County, AR	89.3	46.5
18	Sharp County, AR	89.3	65.6
19	Stone County, AR	88.4	57.5
20	Poinsett County, AR	88.3	43.7
21	Yell County, AR	88	50.9
22	Clay County, AR	87.5	55.7
23	Howard County, AR	87.5	53.6
24	Desha County, AR	87.3	47.4
25	Montgomery County, AR	87.1	63.3
26	Lawrence County, AR	86.9	51.8
27	Perry County, AR	86.8	56.3
28	Scott County, AR	86.7	49.2
29	Madison County, AR	86.2	57.2
30	Sevier County, AR	86.2	50.4
31	Prairie County, AR	86	51.1
32	Lincoln County, AR	85.7	52.8
33	Ouachita County, AR	84.3	47
34	Logan County, AR	84.1	48.5
35	Columbia County, AR	84	49
36	Franklin County, AR	83.9	52.4
37	Van Buren County, AR	83.5	56.7
38	Conway County, AR	83.1	49.5
39	Johnson County, AR	82.8	52.7
40	Drew County, AR	82.7	47.2
41	Phillips County, AR	82.1	37.8
42	Hempstead County, AR	79.5	43.1
43	Marion County, AR	78.5	48.3
44	Clark County, AR	77.3	43.8
45	Calhoun County, AR	75.8	55.4
46	Hot Spring County, AR	73.7	51
47	Little River County, AR	73.3	52.3
48	St. Francis County, AR	73.2	36.9
49	Boone County, AR	72.9	53.2
50	Grant County, AR	71.8	56.2
51	Nevada County, AR	71.3	52.1
52	Cross County, AR	68.3	41.4
53	Carroll County, AR	66.2	45.1
54	Mississippi County, AR	65.9	38.3
55	Arkansas County, AR	65.5	37.4
56	Union County, AR	64.7	40
57	Independence County, AR	63.5	45
58	Baxter County, AR	63.4	44.5
59	Cleburne County, AR	63	48.2
60	Jefferson County, AR	61.8	33.8
61	Miller County, AR	61.2	34.6
62	White County, AR	60	41.7
63	Crawford County, AR	57.6	43.7
64	Pope County, AR	56.4	44.9
65	Greene County, AR	51.7	41.3
66	Sebastian County, AR	50.5	35.1
67	Garland County, AR	48	38.6
68	Crittenden County, AR	45	32.3
69	Craighead County, AR	38	38.8
70	Lonoke County, AR	30.6	40.2
71	Saline County, AR	29.8	44
72	Faulkner County, AR	29.7	40
73	Pulaski County, AR	26	29.1
74	Washington County, AR	24.4	37.2
75	Benton County, AR	15.9	38.7

Data Source

Cost of Living data from CostByCounty. See full details at CostByCounty. Data updated February 2026.