Baxter County, Arkansas

Baxter County has a population of 42,407 and has grown 3.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $174,600, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $48,452.

Home price
$174,600
Income
$48,452
Population
42,407
Unemployment
6.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$174,600county
Median gross rent$846county
Median year homes here were built1985county
Share of homes built before 198042.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,200county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$964county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$735county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,274county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$48,452county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate15.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.4%county
Unemployment rate6.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force43.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.1%county
Share of workers employed by government11.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.7%county
Economic output per resident$54,856county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.46%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service43 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4032county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station82 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.6%county
Traffic deaths56.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher19.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.7%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment4984county
Students per full-time teacher12.4county
Free lunch eligible51.6%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution51 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians85county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.7%county
Frequent mental distress18.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population42,407county
Land area in square miles554county
People per square mile of land76.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store12.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract22.3%county
Population change since 2020+3.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-11county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Median age51.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over31.0%county
Share of households that are one person31.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.1%county
Second languages3.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents216county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents15county
Households that moved in1,251county
Households that moved away1,046county
Average income of arriving households$55,936county
Average income of departing households$50,726county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year80county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings13.8%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature59.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.6 incounty
Annual snowfall14.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.38 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F54 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing78 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days212 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 3county
Average first fall frostNov 1county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$130county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.9¢county
Household electricity use1,010 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity53.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas29.8%county
Homes heated by propane11.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood3.8%county
Households with broadband87.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk64.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk82.3county
Hail risk34.5county
Earthquake risk86.0county
Tornado risk86.8county
Tropical cyclone risk35.9county
Extreme heat risk76.0county
Winter weather risk79.6county
Strong wind risk93.1county
Wildfire risk71.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Baxter County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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