Coal Hill is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, home to about 892 people across 2.9 square miles. Its ZIP code is 72832, and parts of 72821 and 72840 are in Coal Hill too.
Homes sold for a median of $192 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Coal Hill
Mostly Altus; part is in Coal Hill
Mostly Hartman; part is in Coal Hill
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Coal Hill. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Tulsa International Airport (TUL)135 miles away |
|---|---|
| Closer regional airport | Fort Smith Regional Airport (FSM)41 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Tulsa, OK135 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX255 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Coal Hill; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Coal Hill had 820 residents in the 2020 census, down 18% since 2000.
It’s the 224th largest of 615 towns in Arkansas by population.
Johnson County grew from 17,448 residents in 1900 to 25,749 in 2020.
Johnson County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 29°F. About 49.5 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 2 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Subiaco, AR weather station (9 miles away).
7,877 jobs at 413 businesses in Johnson County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Coal Hill.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
|---|---|
| Pharmacies | 2 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Altus, Hartman, Denning, Alix and Wiederkehr Village.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.