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Horatio, Arkansas.

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What it costs per month · Horatio $1,177/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$613 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Arkansas $1,177 United States $1,922
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  • Arkansas$1,177
  • United States$1,922

Living in Horatio, Sevier County, Arkansas

Horatio is a city of 920 people in Sevier County. Unemployment in Sevier County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sevier County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 920 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Horatio for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.0% Sevier County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Horatio for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Horatio is a very small city in Sevier County, in the southwestern corner of Arkansas, with a population well under what most people picture for a city. Household incomes across Sevier County are modest, and a notable share of residents live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few work from home.

Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades and in shops. Across Sevier County, the largest workplaces include Pilgrim's Pride, a poultry processor, along with the Dequeen School District and Tri-Lakes Services. Unemployment across the county is lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.

Things to do. The Rolling Fork runs in or beside town, and Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a short drive away. A longer drive leads to Beavers Bend Resort Park and to Broken Bow Lake, a large reservoir. Winters are mild and cool, with only a dusting of snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.

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  • 341households
  • 18%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 2%work from home

What people in Sevier County work in

  • Manufacturing28%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Building trades12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services5%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sevier County had 4,936 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 30°; warmest in August, 93° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 30° F M A M J J A 93° 70° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 54° and 30°; warmest in August, 93° and 70° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 54° 30° F M A M J J A 93° 70° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 30°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 70°. About 2 inches of snow and 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dequeen weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sevier County

  1. Pilgrim's PridePoultry processing1,478
  2. Dequeen School DistrictSchool district353FTE
  3. Tri-Lakes ServicesInsulation, boiler, duct and pipe, installation343
  4. Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasTwo-year college214
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters200
  6. Horatio School DistrictSchool district144FTE
  7. Sevier County Medical CenterCritical access hospital51FTE
  8. Sevier County Medical CenterGeneral hospital42FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,219 people in all across the county; Horatio has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. TornadoesVery high
  4. HailRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. Winter weatherRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Horatio’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sevier County.

Horatio home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Horatio address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Horatio — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.