Trumann, Arkansas.
Typical home $133,729 (+3.0% in a year). Jonesboro, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$365 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,878 +3%
- $129,851$133,729 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,589 +19%
- $112,140$133,729 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.
- Trumann$702
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Trumann, AR rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Trumann, Poinsett County, Arkansas
Trumann is a city of 7,399 people in Poinsett County. Half its households earn more than $38,881 a year and half less, against $46,707 across Poinsett County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 52% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 48% are rented. Unemployment in Poinsett County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 3.5% more jobs in 2025 than 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Trumann is a small city in Poinsett County, Arkansas. Incomes here run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than most would expect of a town this size. Owners and renters both have a real presence, with owners only slightly in the majority, and a typical home costs far less than the national norm. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild but chilly, with January highs well above freezing and lows near it, and summers are hot, with July the warmest month. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops, and professional and business services. Across Poinsett County, the largest workplaces include the Harrisburg School District, Walmart and the Trumann School District. Unemployment in the county is lower than a year earlier, and the county has added jobs. A typical commute is fairly short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The nearest outdoor choices are a longer drive away. Lake Poinsett State Park and Crowley's Ridge State Park are state parks, and Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area set aside for wildlife. For a different kind of outing, Parkin Archeological State Park is an archaeological site, also a longer drive away.
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- 3,120households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Poinsett County had 5,347 jobs in 2025, 3.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jonesboro Municipal Airport weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Poinsett County
- Harrisburg School DistrictSchool district212FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters202
- Trumann School DistrictSchool district182FTE
- Greenway Equipment Weiner CoorporateAgricultural machinery and equipment repair and maintenance services158
- Rusken Packaging HarrisburgBoxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard131
- East Poinsett Co. School DistSchool district103FTE
- Woodbrair Nursing HomeConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals97
- Corrugated Supplies CompanyCorrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper or paperboard89
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,151 people in all across the county; Trumann has two 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Trumann’s 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 Poinsett County and the Jonesboro, AR metro.
Trumann home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Trumann$133,729
- Arkansas$224,158
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Trumann 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.
- Trumann20.16%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Trumann42
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Trumann11
Zip codes with a Trumann address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Trumann — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.