Ward, Arkansas.
Typical home $208,158 (+3.4% in a year), asking rent $1,093 . Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$608 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,864 +3%
- $201,295$208,158 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $49,630 +31%
- $158,529$208,158 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.
- Ward$1,093
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Ward, AR rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ward, Lonoke County, Arkansas
Ward is a city of 6,052 people in Lonoke County. Half its households earn more than $72,734 a year and half less, against $72,828 across Lonoke County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Lonoke County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ward is a young, growing city in Lonoke County, with a younger population than most of the country and incomes close to the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and rents are modest. Winters are cool and summers are hot, with only a dusting of snow and plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, banks and insurance, and shops. Across Lonoke County, the largest workplaces include the Cabot School District, Remington and Walmart. The drive to work is a fairly long one, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. The nearest outing is Beebe Theater, a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Little Rock, with the Clinton Presidential Center and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, both museums, and the Little Rock Zoo. Nature lovers can head out to Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, also a longer drive away.
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- 2,306households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lonoke County had 15,977 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 69°. About 2 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cabot weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lonoke County
- Cabot School DistrictSchool district1,614FTE
- RemingtonAmmunition, small arms, manufacturing590
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters491
- Lonoke School DistrictSchool district265FTE
- Pinnacle StructuresBuildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing200
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters190
- WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores127
- England School DistrictSchool district118FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 29 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,963 people in all across the county; Ward has one 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ward’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 Lonoke County and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.
Ward home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ward$208,158
- Arkansas$224,158
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Ward listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Ward25.32%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ward49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ward13
Zip codes with a Ward address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ward — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.