Mountain Home, Arkansas demographics

Mountain Home, AR demographics: median age 47.1; 23.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Mountain Home city, Arkansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 0547390. The survey estimates a population of 13,108 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Mountain Home is 47.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 4.6 years. There are 6,341 households (±265). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	47.1 ±4.6	38.5 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,108
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Under 18	2,304 ±375	17.6% ±2.9 pp	23.1%	22.0%
18–34	2,708 ±367	20.7% ±2.8 pp	22.3%	22.8%
35–64	3,766 ±494	28.7% ±3.8 pp	37.0%	38.0%
65 and older	4,330 ±494	33.0% ±3.8 pp	17.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,108
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Male	6,076 ±271	46.4% ±2.1 pp	49.4%	49.5%
Female	7,032 ±273	53.6% ±2.1 pp	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,108
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
White alone	12,058 ±283	92.0% ±2.2 pp	69.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	96 ±37	0.7% ±0.3 pp	14.7%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	124 ±67 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	24 ±35 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	6 ±16 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	87 ±81 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	3.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	713 ±252	5.4% ±1.9 pp	10.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,108
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,796 ±138	97.6% ±1.0 pp	91.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	312 ±134	2.4% ±1.0 pp	9.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,341
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Married-couple family	2,273 ±283	35.8% ±4.2 pp	47.0%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	138 ±103 · low precision	2.2% ±1.6 pp · low precision	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	735 ±254	11.6% ±4.0 pp	12.8%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,685 ±386	42.3% ±5.8 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	510 ±192	8.0% ±3.0 pp	5.5%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,341
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,353 ±192	21.3% ±2.9 pp	30.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,988 ±338	78.7% ±4.2 pp	69.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,341
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,685 ±386	42.3% ±5.8 pp	29.9%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,196 ±362	34.6% ±5.5 pp	34.8%	33.8%
Three-person households	700 ±206	11.0% ±3.2 pp	15.2%	15.3%
Four-person households	480 ±168	7.6% ±2.6 pp	11.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	112 ±68 · low precision	1.8% ±1.1 pp · low precision	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	124 ±127 · low precision	2.0% ±2.0 pp · low precision	2.2%	2.2%
Seven or more people	44 ±52 · low precision	0.7% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 13,108
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Native	12,944 ±87	98.7% ±0.6 pp	94.6%	85.9%
Foreign born	164 ±86 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	5.4%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 12,692
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
English only	12,233 ±197	96.4% ±1.3 pp	91.7%	77.7%
Spanish	288 ±167 · low precision	2.3% ±1.3 pp · low precision	6.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	41 ±47 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	67 ±63 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	44 ±68 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	13 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1 ±2 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	5 ±11 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 9,595
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	861 ±283	9.0% ±2.9 pp	11.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,812 ±382	29.3% ±3.8 pp	34.1%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,253 ±408	23.5% ±4.2 pp	20.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,456 ±417	15.2% ±4.3 pp	8.2%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,752 ±449	18.3% ±4.6 pp	16.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	461 ±190	4.8% ±2.0 pp	9.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 12,948
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Arkansas	U.S.
Same house	11,130 ±467	86.0% ±3.5 pp	87.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,001 ±334	7.7% ±2.6 pp	6.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	248 ±154 · low precision	1.9% ±1.2 pp · low precision	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	557 ±247	4.3% ±1.9 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	12 ±19 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.4% of Mountain Home residents (±2.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.0% in Arkansas and 8.4% nationally. 85.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mountain Home	Arkansas	U.S.	Compared with Arkansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.4% ±2.6 pp	9.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.8% ±3.5 pp	86.7%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	11.7% ±3.0 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

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