Paron, Arkansas.
Typical home $313,491 (+7.4% in a year). Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$797 (+94%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,633 +7%
- $291,858$313,491 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,995 +12%
- $279,496$313,491 since Sep 2021
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.
- Paron$1,645
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 30 years.
Typical home values in Paron, AR rose 7.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Paron, Saline County, Arkansas
The Census does not count Paron on its own, so the figures here are Saline County's. Half the county's households earn more than $79,046 a year and half less; 9% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Saline County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Saline County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Paron is a town in Saline County, in central Arkansas. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners, and the typical home value sits below what many buyers in larger cities would expect. Winters are cool and summers are hot, with little snow and a good deal of rain through the year.
Work. Across Saline County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, or in banks, insurance and property. Jobs grew over the past year, and unemployment has eased slightly. Most people drive to work, and only a small share work from home.
Things to do. Hot Springs National Park, a national park, is a longer drive away and is one of the best known sights in the state. Pinnacle Mountain State Park, a protected area, and the Little Rock Zoo are also a longer drive away. The Clinton Presidential Center, a museum, is another longer-drive option for a day out.
Report a mistake
- 50,203households
- 40.5median age
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Saline County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Saline County had 28,549 jobs in 2025, 3.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°. About 3 inches of snow and 58 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Alum Fk weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Saline County
- Bryant School DistrictSchool district1,256FTE
- Benton School DistrictSchool district709FTE
- Saline Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital462FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters445
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters434
- Central Arkansas Development CouncilCommunity action advocacy organizations306
- Arcwood Environmental - Benton PlantHazardous waste treatment facilities232
- Encore Medical CenterGeneral hospital230FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 49 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,788 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Saline County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Saline County and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
Paron home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Paron$313,491
- Arkansas$224,158
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Paron7
Zip codes with a Paron address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Paron — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.