Sparkman, Arkansas.
Typical home $116,995 (-2.6% in a year). Camden, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$117 (+24%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,101 -3%
- $120,096$116,995 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $42,110 -26%
- $159,105$116,995 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.
- Sparkman$614
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Sparkman, AR fell 2.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sparkman, Dallas County, Arkansas
Sparkman is a city of 355 people in Dallas County. Half its households earn more than $39,063 a year and half less, against $42,500 across Dallas County. Unemployment in Dallas County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dallas County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sparkman is a very small city in Dallas County, Arkansas, where people tend to know one another. Household incomes run below the county's, and homes are modestly priced. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a small share work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels also employing many. Across Dallas County, the largest workplaces include Signode Industrial Group, the Fordyce School District and West Fraser Leola. Unemployment in the county has eased a little over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. The Little Missouri River is a short drive away and is the closest spot for time on the water. Farther out, DeGray Lake is a reservoir that suits a day of boating or fishing, and Poison Springs Battleground State Park is an archaeological site tied to the area's history. Winters are mild and rarely snowy, summers are hot, and the year is a wet one, so it is worth planning outings with the weather in mind.
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- 11%of adults have a degree
- 7%work from home
What people in Dallas County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dallas County had 2,657 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 2 inches of snow and 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sparkman weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dallas County
- Millcreek of Arkansas Main CampusPRTF BoysPsychiatric and substance abuse hospitals324
- Signode Industrial GroupBags, uncoated paper, made from purchased paper156
- DcmcHospitals, general medical and surgical144
- Fordyce School DistrictSchool district138FTE
- Fordyce OSB136
- West Fraser LeolaBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts102
- Carthage Forest ProductsBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts84
- Dallas County Medical CenterCritical access hospital82FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,051 people in all across the county; Sparkman has none of its own. 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 stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sparkman’s census tracts, 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 Dallas County and the Camden, AR metro.
Sparkman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sparkman$116,995
- 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.
- Sparkman5
Zip codes with a Sparkman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sparkman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.