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A city of 23,340 people in Arkansas
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City in Arkansas, United States
1838Established
22,937Population
18.4 sq miArea
262 ftElevation

Searcy ( SUR-see) is the largest city in and the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2024 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,997. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County. The city takes its name from Richard Searcy, a judge for the Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory. A college town, Searcy is the home of Harding University and ASU-Searcy.

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ZIP code72143, 72145, 72149
Area code501
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Housing in Searcy

$223K▲ 5.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Searcy home is worth about $223,000, up 5.1% in a year, close to the Arkansas typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market49
Sale-to-list95.8%
Sold in May27
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D

Safety Grade D

Searcy reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 86% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Searcy 4.7
Arkansas 5.4
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Searcy 21.1
Arkansas 16.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A-

The public schools Searcy’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#30Best public schoolsof 113 in AR
DistrictSEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICTSchools13

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AR. Ratings are from neighbors.

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