Osceola, Arkansas.
. Blytheville, 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 Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Osceola is a city of 6,976 people in Mississippi County. 43% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 57% are rented. Unemployment in Mississippi County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Osceola is a small city in Mississippi County, in the flat delta country of northeast Arkansas. The population is young for a town its size, with a median age well below what is common across the country. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than in most places, so renting is a big part of local life. Incomes in the county run below the national picture, and poverty is more common here than in much of the country. 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 restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in Osceola are the Osceola School District, Walmart and Plum Point Energy Station. Unemployment in the county has eased compared with a year earlier, though the county has lost some jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Osceola sits in country rich in history that reaches far back before the nineteenth century. Hampson Archeological Museum State Park, a short drive away, is a museum built around the area's early Native American heritage. Also a short drive away are the Nodena Site, an archaeological site, and Fort Pillow State Park. Winters are cool with little snow and summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain, so a visit to any of these suits most of the year.
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- 2,505households
- 8%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mississippi County had 19,773 jobs in 2025, 1.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 73°. About 2 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Keiser weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Osceola
- Osceola School DistrictSchool district173FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters160
- Northeast Arkansas LaborforceFoundation, building, poured concrete, contractors110
- Harris Health and RehabHomes for the elderly with nursing care90
- Plum Point Energy StationPower generation, fossil fuel, electric79
- Roehm AmericaAcrylic film and unlaminated sheet manufacturing72
- SMC Medical CenterCritical access hospital56FTE
- Osceola TellingStuds, sheet metal, manufacturing40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 600 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (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
- LightningVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Osceola’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 Mississippi County and the Blytheville, AR metro.
Osceola 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Osceola listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Osceola16.50%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Osceola21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Osceola5
Zip codes with a Osceola address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Osceola — 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.