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Cost of living in Mena, Arkansas

Simple answer

Typical rent is $639 a month.

Mena is a city in Arkansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $47,428 a year.

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People
5,582
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$639
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$47,428
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$132,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$909
Polk County, AR

Mena, Arkansas has about 5,582 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $132,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Polk County is $909 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mena. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Arkansas's prices sit at 86.9 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Arkansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mena's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Arkansas home paid 14.33¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mena's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Arkansas in the table we use.

Among 199 places we list in Arkansas with a rent figure, 168 have higher typical rent than Mena.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Arkansas

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.