Hughes, Arkansas.
. Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro.
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.
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
Living in Hughes, Crittenden County, Arkansas
Hughes is a city of 1,056 people in Crittenden County. Unemployment in Crittenden County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 10.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Crittenden County work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hughes is a small city in Crittenden County, in the Arkansas Delta country west of Memphis. It is the kind of place where people tend to know one another, and the town's size is small enough that a drive through takes little time. Winters are mild and brief, with snow a rare sight, while summers run hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by transport, warehouses and utilities, then shops and manufacturing. Very few work from home. Across Crittenden County, the largest workplaces include Hino Motors Manufacturing Arkansas, the West Memphis School District and Walmart. The county has added jobs over the past year, and unemployment there has eased compared with a year earlier.
Things to do. Memphis is the main draw for a day out, and each of these is a longer drive away. The Blues Hall of Fame is a museum devoted to the music of the region, and the National Civil Rights Museum is one of the best known museums of its kind. For time outdoors, the St. Francis River is also a longer drive away.
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- 379households
- 2%work from home
What people in Crittenden County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Crittenden County had 17,907 jobs in 2025, 10.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 73°. About 1 inches of snow and 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tunica North weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Crittenden County
- Hino Motors Manufacturing ArkansasAxle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing1,024
- Delaware North CompaniesOther gambling industries868
- Schneider704
- West Memphis School DistrictSchool district636FTE
- Marion School DistrictSchool district540FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters377
- Delaware North CompaniesFood service contractors365
- West Memphis AR TerminalTransportation motor freight transportation trucking except air353
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 44 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,636 people in all across the county; Hughes has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- TornadoesVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hughes’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Crittenden County and the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro.
Hughes 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.
- Hughes13
Zip codes with a Hughes address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hughes — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.