City safety & data profile

Mountain HomeAR

Mountain Home, AR is a 12K-resident city in Baxter County with a median household income of $41,274.

Baxter County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mountain Home, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mountain Home has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $169,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$41,274
Median income (place)
$169,800
Median home (place)
18.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mountain Home

Mountain Home posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Mountain Home area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Mountain Home

Where Mountain Home income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$41,274 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mountain Home $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Mountain Home, AR beyond the headline numbers

Mountain Home sits inside Baxter County, Arkansas, at roughly 36.34°N, -92.39°W. Population 12,330, $41,274 median household income. Median home value $169,800, median rent $865. Poverty rate 18.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Mountain Home, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.8% of Mountain Home, AR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Mountain Home runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.2% of Mountain Home workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 11.4% in Mountain Home, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Mountain Home workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 47.1 years, Mountain Home's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mountain Home from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,330
Mountain Home · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$41,274
-54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$169,800
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
47.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Baxter County): Mountain Home's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
42K+3%
Median Income
$48,452+37%
Median Home Value
$174,600+46%
Poverty Rate
15.5%+0%
Unemployment
6.3%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mountain Home, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$865/mo
Poverty Rate
18.8% +52% vs avg
Unemployment 7.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.1%
Work From Home 6.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 92%
African American 0.7%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
46.6%
Obesity
36.6%
Short Sleep Duration
34.7%
Physical Inactivity
34.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
18%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Current Smoking
15.7%
Diabetes
14.7%
Binge Drinking
12.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.7%
Annual Checkup 82%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.5%
Current Asthma
10.3%
Stroke
5.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BAXTER HEALTH
MOUNTAIN HOME · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Mountain Home?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mountain Home right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-MOUNTAIN-HOME-AR · Mountain Home

Mountain Home: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Mountain Home; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Mountain Home, AR? ▼
Mountain Home, AR has a population of 12,330 people, located in Baxter County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Mountain Home? ▼
The median household income in Mountain Home, AR is $41,274 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.8%.
What is the median home value in Mountain Home? ▼
The median home value in Mountain Home, AR is $169,800. Median rent is $865/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mountain Home? ▼
The top health indicators in Mountain Home include High Blood Pressure (46.6%), Obesity (36.6%), Short Sleep Duration (34.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Mountain Home? ▼
Mountain Home has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Mountain Home? ▼
The median age in Mountain Home, AR is 47.1 years. 23.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mountain Home, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (18.8% here).

Banning, CA 18.8% East Hemet, CA 18.8% Humble, TX 18.8% Williamsburg, VA 18.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($41,274 here).

Picayune, MS $41,213 Forest Park, GA $41,211 Chester, PA $41,342 Greenwood, SC $41,150

Compare Mountain Home with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

West Plains, MO 12K Harrison, AR 13K Branson, MO 11K Batesville, AR 11K Ozark, MO 19K Nixa, MO 21K Conway, AR 65K Searcy, AR 24K
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Using Mountain Home's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Mountain Home area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Mountain Home against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Baxter County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.