Stone County, Arkansas

Stone County has a population of 12,568 and has grown 2.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $171,600, about 4.2 times the county's median household income of $40,943.

Home price
$171,600
Income
$40,943
Population
12,568
Unemployment
3.2%

Housing

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

Median home price$171,600county
Median gross rent$626county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198034.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile23.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use6.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,321(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$909county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$693county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,264county
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$40,943county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate19.3%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 home10.0%county
Unemployment rate3.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force40.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed16.0%county
Share of workers employed by government17.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.5%county
Economic output per resident$29,115county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.32%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 time23.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service64 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4032county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station67 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.9%county
Traffic deaths55.7county
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 higher15.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.9%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment1569county
Students per full-time teacher8.4county
Free lunch eligible98.7%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution29 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians48county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year19.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year13.0%county
Frequent mental distress20.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity36.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes18.1%county

Place

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

Population12,568county
Land area in square miles606county
People per square mile of land20.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store11.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-9county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Median age49.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.2%county
Share of households that are one person33.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages2.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents348county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in299county
Households that moved away218county
Average income of arriving households$56,502county
Average income of departing households$35,798county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings33.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature60.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.7 incounty
Annual snowfall11.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.38 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F47 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing70 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days213 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 2county
Average first fall frostNov 1county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$140county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.9¢county
Household electricity use1,010 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity47.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas7.1%county
Homes heated by propane35.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood9.4%county
Households with broadband75.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk47.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk31.4county
Landslide risk77.5county
Hail risk21.7county
Earthquake risk73.2county
Tornado risk75.0county
Tropical cyclone risk38.7county
Extreme heat risk53.7county
Winter weather risk54.8county
Strong wind risk43.2county
Wildfire risk68.1county

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 Stone 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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