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Mountain Home is a big small town of 13,108 people in Baxter County, Arkansas. It's about 78 miles from Springfield, MO and 160 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $170k and rent runs about $865 a month.
13,108people
$170kTypical home
$865/moRent
89° / 46°Summer / winter
8"Snow
244Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 13,108
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,091 people per sq mi
- 160 mi to Memphis, TN
- 78 mi to Springfield, MO
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $170k (≈$1,071/mo)
- Median rent $865/mo
- Median household income $41k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (256 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,127 per 100k)
People
- Median age 47
- 21% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to HRO airport
- 162 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 80 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 820 ft
- 429 mi to the ocean
- 232 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 179 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 9 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of Arkansas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 40 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Baxter County: R+57 in 2024
- Arkansas: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk