Oden is a town in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.

Arkansas Highway 88 (Broadway Avenue) is the main road through the town, leading east 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Pencil Bluff and west 28 miles (45 km) to Mena.

Mount Ida, the Montgomery county seat, is 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Oden via AR 88 and US 270.

The racial makeup of the town was 96.4% White, 1.8% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, and 0.5% from two or more races.

About 7.6% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 15.2% of those 65 or over.