De QueenAR
A town of 6,058. A typical home worth about $187K.
Population
6,058
−7.4% since 2010
Typical home
$187K
+8.9% in a year
Household income
$53K
median
Jobs based here
3,701
A job hub
What makes De Queen stand out The 3 things De Queen does most differently from other towns.
College town
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas calls De Queen home
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Housing
A typical De Queen home is worth about $187K The typical De Queen home is worth about $187,000, up 8.9% in a year, 18% below the Arkansas typical home.
$187K Zillow home value
Typical home value De Queen $187K
Arkansas $227K
+8.9%
value change, 1 year
Health
Healthier than 4% of U.S. towns De Queen beats the Arkansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
D− Health Grade
32 measures vs. Arkansas
What stands out De Queen AR Fewer adults who have had cancer 5.5% 8.2% Fewer adults with arthritis 25% 28.5% More uninsured adults 28.8% 11.3%
Sevier County Medical Center
0.6 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental
14th
percentile among AR towns
Schools
De Queen’s public schools outperform 58% of Arkansas districts The public schools De Queen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B School Grade
Work & commute
About half of working residents work right in De Queen 48% of De Queen’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hochatown (6%), Nashville (3%) and Little Rock (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
48% work in town
Where working residents work In De Queen 48%
Hochatown 6%
Nashville 3%
Little Rock 2%
Fort Smith 1%
2 mi
median commute distance
3,701
jobs based in De Queen
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Outdoors
1.2% of De Queen is conserved land 0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
1.2% conserved
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below 1.2%
conserved · 45 of 3,926 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
#44
most conserved land in AR
Biggest places to walk Trails Acres 1. Herman Dierks Park — 19
Natural hazards
Very high risk, with ice storms at the top Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 83% of U.S. communities.
83 risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
83 Very high risk Lower Higher Ice storms Inland flooding Tornadoes
2
paid flood claims since 2017
4
federal disasters paid out here
Safety
Less crime per resident than 33% of U.S. towns De Queen reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 67% report less. Within Arkansas, it does better than 60% of towns.
C Safety Grade
Violent crime per 1,000 residents De Queen 3.6
Arkansas 5.4
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000 residents De Queen 15.2
Arkansas 16.7
U.S. 15.5
33rd
percentile among U.S. towns we grade
60th
percentile among AR towns
22
violent crimes reported in 2025
92
property crimes reported in 2025
Climate
Mild winters, hot summers De Queen has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 31°, and about 3 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
3″ snow a winter
Typical low → high °F Winter 33–55°
Spring 50–74°
Summer 69–91°
Fall 51–75°
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
A job hub Every workday, about 2,577 people come to De Queen for work Where De Queen’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
6% → Hochatown Hochatown 6%
3% → Nashville Nashville 3%
2% → Little Rock Little Rock 2%
1% → Fort Smith Fort Smith 1%
1% → Hot Springs Hot Springs 1%
1% → Bentonville Bentonville 1%
De Queen · 48% stay
3,701 jobs based in De Queen
48% of working residents work in town
2 mi median commute distance
How do you get to work from De Queen?
Census LEHD 2023
c. 1930 · The Sevier, De Queen, Arkansas (88165) · Wikimedia Commons
De Queen’s story
De Queen in pictures
12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 6 places on the National Register.
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Landmarks 6 places in De Queen on the National Register of Historic Places.
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De Queen ( DEE-kween) is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,105 at the 2020 census. The placename is the anglicization of the family name of the Dutch merchant and railway financier, Jan de Goeijen (1861–1944). De Goeijen was reportedly rather unhappy with the deformation of his name.
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Population 6,105
Area 6.1 sq mi
Elevation 420 ft
ZIP code 71832
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