Sheridan, Arkansas.
Typical home $226,297 (+7.3% in a year). Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$625 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,425 +7%
- $210,872$226,297 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,356 +25%
- $180,941$226,297 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.
- Sheridan$1,188
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Sheridan, AR rose 7.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas
Sheridan is a city of 4,920 people in Grant County. Half its households earn more than $62,453 a year and half less, against $71,549 across Grant County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Grant County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sheridan is a small city and the seat of Grant County, Arkansas. Its residents are somewhat younger than in many American towns, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than is typical, while a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults. Winters are mild and cool, summers hot, and snow is rare. Rain falls through the year, and the total is wet compared with much of the country.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and other services. Kohler, the Sheridan School District and Walmart are among the largest workplaces in town, and Nucor Insulated Panel Group also employs people locally. Unemployment across Grant County has eased a little over the past year. Commutes are on the long side, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The nearest place of interest is Jenkins' Ferry Battleground State Park, an archaeological site a short drive away. Lake Catherine State Park, a protected area, and Wildwood Park for the Arts, a botanical garden, are each a longer drive away. They suit a day trip for walking and time outdoors.
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- 2,057households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Grant County had 4,601 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° 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 Sheridan weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sheridan
- KohlerFaucets, plumbing, manufacturing724
- Sheridan School DistrictSchool district532FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters233
- Kohler CoPlumbing fixtures, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing150
- Nucor Insulated Panel Group - SheridanPanels, prefabricated metal building, manufacturing114
- Platinum RoofingRoofing contractors96
- SignodeShipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard61
- Anthony Hardwood CompositesLaminated structural wood members manufacturing51
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,612 people in all. 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sheridan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Grant County and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
Sheridan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sheridan$226,297
- Arkansas$224,158
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Sheridan listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
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.
- Sheridan25.64%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sheridan86
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sheridan19
Zip codes with a Sheridan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sheridan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.