Scores by category

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

Safety27#11,350/15,637
Economy9#14,293/15,631
Housing78#3,366/14,977
Health12#13,814/15,609
Healthcare20#12,598/15,650
Environment48#7,988/15,453
Education58#6,614/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,154/15,650
Community15#13,251/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,664/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mountain View, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stone 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 · low8.4×
100/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsStone County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Arkansas 4.1%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Effective property tax rate · low0.30%
97/100Arkansas 0.56%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · low17.1 min
90/100Arkansas 22.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Rent-burdened households · low38.7%
89/100Arkansas 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Time spent in the emergency room · low118 min
88/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesStone County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$750
0/100Arkansas $1,176United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStone County value
Broadband subscriptions · low60.8%
1/100Arkansas 86.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Median household income · low$29,172
1/100Arkansas $62,146United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Food environment index · low5.5
2/100Arkansas 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStone County value
New business applications · low7.2 /1k
3/100Arkansas 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauStone County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.6 /10k
6/100Arkansas 3.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStone County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
74.0% (2015-2019) → 38.7% (2020-2024)
−35 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.4% (2015-2019) → 43.3% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
70.3% (2015-2019) → 93.1% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
40.4% (2015-2019) → 26.8% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.1 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
49.6% (2015-2019) → 60.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Mountain View, Arkansas improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Mountain View, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.9 min2015-2019	17.1 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	49.6%2015-2019	60.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.35%2015-2019	0.30%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	70.3%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+23 points	Within the margin of error	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5732015-2019	0.4712020-2024	−0.103	Within the margin of error	96%
Median household income	$23,0392015-2019	$29,1722020-2024	+27%	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	32.4%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	40.4%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	96%

“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 Mountain View, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mountain View, 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, Mountain View, Arkansas itself moved +18.3 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

2,913 residents (±12)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−7.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,913 residents (±12)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White88%2,561
Black0.3%†10
Hispanic or Latino8.9%258

Education

2,124 residents (±279)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma6.9%†146
High school or GED42%†893
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,325 households (±225)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k40%†535
$25k–50k23%†305
$50k–75k11%†150
$75k–100k9.1%†121
$100k–150k13%†174
$150k–200k3.0%†40
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+10.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,325 households (±225)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own58%763
Rent42%†562

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

463 households (±185)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75093%†430
$750–1,0003.9%†18
$1,000–1,5003.2%†

Home values

763 homes (±166)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k37%†284
$150k–250k34%†258
$250k–400k19%†147

Age of homes

1,623 homes (±230)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later4.3%†70
2000–200911%†174
1980–199944%†710

Size of homes

1,623 homes (±230)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom18%†295
2 bedrooms24%†390

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,084 workers (±314)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone82%†891
Carpool3.8%†41
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†9
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10%†112
Other2.9%†31

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

972 workers (±268)

Mountain View, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min71%†691
15–29 min5.5%†53
30–44 min7.3%†71

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Stone County, the county holding most of Mountain View's residents.

Stone County has 244 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Arkansas's), with 2,224 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,513. The Census Bureau also counts 1,377 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 244; 1,377 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 2,224
Average annual pay: $34,513; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	24	18.9	0.91×About typical	168	$40,161	168
Restaurants and other eating places	22	17.4	0.95×About typical	286	$16,965	5
Specialty trade contractors	16	12.6	0.82×About typical	94	$52,309	161
Religious organizations	13	10.3	1.85×More than typical	36	$23,528	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	9.5	1.18×About typical	183	$15,344	4
Lessors of real estate	11	8.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	35	$34,029	72
Offices of other health practitioners	10	7.9	1.30×More than typical	65	$24,862	21
Banks and credit unions	8	6.3	1.95×Too few to compare	70	$61,429	—
Building equipment contractors	8	6.3	1.05×Too few to compare	22	$29,045	37
Full-service restaurants	7	5.5	0.72×Too few to compare	94	$20,266	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	5.5	1.26×Too few to compare	15	$42,267	15
Real estate agents and brokers	7	5.5	1.14×Too few to compare	10	$47,100	15

Rank places for an industry Open Stone County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,668 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

In FY2026, an estimated $4,729 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mountain View, Arkansas: $1.62 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,729; +374% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.62; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$4,729100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

9.7KFY2017
13.6KFY2018
6.8KFY2019
13KFY2020
23.6KFY2021
10.5KFY2022
11.6KFY2023
12.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$3,50574%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$98021%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2445.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Mountain View, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Mountain View, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Stone County, AR ($193K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Stone 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.

Mountain View, 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.

Stone County13100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Stone 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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