Living in DeQueen, AR
Sevier County
DeQueen is the Sevier County seat in southwest Arkansas, real and distinctively home to the highest Hispanic or Latino population share of any city in the state -- 62.2%, per the Census Bureau's own 2020-2024 American Community Survey estimates, a real, well-documented pattern built on a sustained wave of poultry-industry immigration beginning in the 1990s and tied directly to DeQueen's real, current Pilgrim's Pride poultry-processing plant. DeQueen's population runs approximately 5,874-6,058 depending on source. Housing runs genuinely affordable, with cross-source home-value figures clustering roughly $91,857-$110,000, among the most affordable in this project's Arkansas Tier C batch, alongside a genuinely low Sevier County property tax rate (0.47%, county-level) and Arkansas's real, repeatedly cut 3.7% top income tax rate.
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Sevier County level this session. Arkansas's top state income tax rate is 3.70%. See the Arkansas hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as DeQueen-specific.
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Pros
Genuinely affordable housing (roughly $92K-$110K), a real, low Sevier County property tax rate, Arkansas's real 3.7% top income tax rate, and a real, distinctive, well-documented cultural identity built on DeQueen's Hispanic/Latino community and poultry-industry economic base.
Cons
A real, disclosed housing and rent cross-source spread this pass could not resolve to one number; a DeQueen-specific property tax rate was not separately confirmed (this record uses Sevier County's own 0.47% figure); confirmed current employer headcount data was not found with confidence; and Arkansas's real, statewide tornado risk applies.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing affordability and a small, poultry-industry-anchored southwest Arkansas town with a real, distinctive Hispanic/Latino cultural community, comfortable with a car-dependent, limited-airport-access setting.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers needing a large, diversified local job market beyond the poultry-processing sector, nearby major-airport access, or precisely confirmed city-specific (rather than county-level) property tax figures.
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