Wilburn is a community in Cleburne County, Arkansas, home to about 173 people across 1.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 72179, and parts of 72543 are in Wilburn too.
Homes sold for a median of $161 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Wilburn
Mostly Heber Springs; part is in Wilburn
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Wilburn. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Frederick W. Smith International Airport (MEM)114 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)57 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Memphis, TN113 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX335 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Wilburn; 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.
It’s the 466th largest of 615 towns in Arkansas by population.
Cleburne County grew from 9,628 residents in 1900 to 24,711 in 2020.
Cleburne County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 91°F in summer, and winter lows average 28°F. About 53.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 3 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Greers Ferry Dam, AR weather station (5 miles away).
5,836 jobs at 601 businesses in Cleburne 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 Wilburn.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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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.
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile 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 Heber Springs.
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