City · Marion County, Arkansas

Flippin, Arkansas

Flippin is a city in Marion County, Arkansas. It has 1,334 residents. Flippin, Arkansas has a quality-of-life score of 11 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,003 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arkansas it ranks #136 of 218 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), job growth (high) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), average weekly wage (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

11Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,003 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arkansas: #136 of 218 in AR
Population: 1,334 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 708.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0524010

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety23#12,072/15,637
Economy9#14,205/15,631
Housing97#405/14,977
Health16#13,121/15,609
Healthcare3#15,120/15,650
Environment52#7,379/15,453
Education11#13,851/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,586/15,650
Community6#14,764/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,126/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Flippin, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marion County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low7.7×
100/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMarion County value
Job growth · high4.1%
97/100Arkansas -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarion County value
Average commute time · low14.1 min
94/100Arkansas 22.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent-burdened households · low38.0%
93/100Arkansas 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low26.9%
88/100Arkansas 27.6%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Arkansas 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low11 /100k
0/100Arkansas 281 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Average weekly wage · low$836
2/100Arkansas $1,176United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarion County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low30.8%
2/100Arkansas 63.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Dentists · low17 /100k
3/100Arkansas 50 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Reading scores · low2.57
3/100Arkansas 2.89United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Arkansas 3.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMarion County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,471 (2015-2019) → 1,334 (2020-2024)
−9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.8 /1k (2021) → 3.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+289%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.2% (2015-2019) → 82.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,234 (2015-2019) → $43,555 (2020-2024)
+60%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Flippin, Arkansas improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+60%$27,234 → $43,555
Broadband+14 points69.2% → 82.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Flippin, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.6 min2015-2019	14.1 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Broadband subscriptions	69.2%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	75%
Child poverty rate	42.7%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Effective property tax rate	0.53%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	77.8%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.5×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4012015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	44%
Median household income	$27,2342015-2019	$43,5552020-2024	+60%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	27.9%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent as share of income	24.3%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent-burdened households	32.3%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Flippin, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Flippin, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Flippin, Arkansas itself moved +1.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,334 residents (±284)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

601 households (±123)

Flippin, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k24%†146
$25k–50k30%†183
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

601 households (±123)

Flippin, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own51%308
Rent49%†293

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

544 workers (±146)

Flippin, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone82%†446
Carpool11%†58
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marion County, the county holding most of Flippin's residents.

Marion County has 246 employer establishments, 141 for every 10,000 residents (0.57× the US rate of 248; 0.61× Arkansas's), with 2,761 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,354. The Census Bureau also counts 1,382 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 246; 1,382 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 141; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 2,761
Average annual pay: $38,354; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marion County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	25	14.3	0.92×About typical	58	$41,310	156
Restaurants and other eating places	16	9.1	0.50×Fewer than typical	157	$17,567	3
Ambulatory health care services	14	8	0.38×Fewer than typical	56	$45,018	69
Building equipment contractors	14	8	1.33×More than typical	39	$45,795	32
Religious organizations	14	8	1.44×More than typical	27	$18,481	—
Banks and credit unions	11	6.3	1.95×More than typical	84	$62,036	—
Offices of other health practitioners	11	6.3	1.03×About typical	39	$37,462	16
Lessors of real estate	10	5.7	0.46×Fewer than typical	20	$22,400	95
Construction of buildings	8	4.6	0.60×Too few to compare	29	$46,655	78
Full-service restaurants	8	4.6	0.60×Too few to compare	75	$17,453	—
Truck transportation	8	4.6	0.90×Too few to compare	40	$38,575	33
Individual and family services	7	4	1.43×Too few to compare	56	$22,125	5

Rank places for an industry Open Marion County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,492 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Flippin is mostly in Marion County.

See federal money in Marion County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Flippin, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordR-AR-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Marion County9100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Marion County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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