Scores by category

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

Safety3#15,216/15,637
Economy2#15,284/15,631
Housing88#1,845/14,977
Health15#13,272/15,609
Healthcare41#9,288/15,650
Environment18#12,624/15,453
Education8#14,401/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,114/15,650
Community14#13,487/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,345/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stuttgart, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Arkansas 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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Arkansas 17.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataArkansas County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
94/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesArkansas County value
Social associations · high15.3 /10k
92/100Arkansas 11.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArkansas County value
Average commute time · low17.6 min
92/100Arkansas 22.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
91/100Arkansas 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsArkansas County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Arkansas 12.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationArkansas County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Arkansas 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAArkansas County value
Voter turnout · low44.6%
1/100Arkansas 52.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionArkansas County value
Life expectancy · low68.7 yrs
1/100Arkansas 74.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArkansas County value
Premature death · high17,437 /100k
2/100Arkansas 11,156 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArkansas County value
Firearm deaths · high31.2 /100k
2/100Arkansas 18.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateArkansas County value
Violent crime rate · high798 /100k
2/100Arkansas 532 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationArkansas County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
8,720 (2015-2019) → 7,903 (2020-2024)
−9.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 1.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+133%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.2% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
23.6% (2015-2019) → 33.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeWorsening
12.4 min (2015-2019) → 17.6 min (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Stuttgart, Arkansas improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+16 points69.2% → 85.3%

Declined4

Uninsured+6.1 points6.4% → 12.5%
Commute+5.2 min12.4 min → 17.6 min
Child poverty+10 points23.6% → 33.8%
Price / income+1.0×2.1× → 3.1×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Stuttgart, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.4 min2015-2019	17.6 min2020-2024	+5.2 min	Declined	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	69.2%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	23.6%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.54%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	83.1%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.035	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$46,2272015-2019	$49,3992020-2024	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	17.9%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	44.8%2015-2019	48.7%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.4%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Declined	8%

“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 Stuttgart, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stuttgart, 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, Stuttgart, Arkansas itself moved −5.5 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

7,903 residents (±21)

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: 20–29 men (+2.4 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

7,903 residents (±21)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White52%4,129
Black42%3,337
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†217

Education

5,377 residents (±222)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma15%820
High school or GED41%2,209
Some college20%1,095

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

3,269 households (±187)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k27%887
$25k–50k23%760
$50k–75k17%554
$75k–100k13%†416
$100k–150k11%†365
$150k–200k6.4%†209
$200k or more2.4%†78

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 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

3,269 households (±187)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own54%1,759
Rent46%1,510

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,280 households (±228)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75028%†356
$750–1,00045%†573
$1,000–1,50024%†303

Home values

1,759 homes (±205)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k49%867
$150k–250k34%594
$250k–400k11%†198

Age of homes

4,114 homes (±190)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later6.1%†251
2000–200910%†414
1980–199931%1,262

Size of homes

4,114 homes (±190)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio1.5%†63
1 bedroom6.5%†267
2 bedrooms34%1,384

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

3,513 workers (±317)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone80%2,807
Carpool13%467
Public transit0.1%†3
Walk2.8%†97
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.2%†79
Other1.7%†60

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+6.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,434 workers (±305)

Stuttgart, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min69%2,386
15–29 min13%†442
30–44 min5.9%†201

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 Arkansas County, the county holding most of Stuttgart's residents.

Arkansas County has 473 employer establishments, 290 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.26× Arkansas's), with 9,072 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,468. The Census Bureau also counts 1,428 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 473; 1,428 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 290; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 9,072
Average annual pay: $43,468; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	30	18.4	1.00×About typical	401	$16,993	9
Ambulatory health care services	29	17.8	0.85×About typical	143	$74,776	72
Truck transportation	26	15.9	3.15×More than typical	173	$67,480	62
Religious organizations	25	15.3	2.76×More than typical	156	$23,135	—
Specialty trade contractors	23	14.1	0.91×About typical	122	$64,689	98
Gasoline stations	15	9.2	2.83×More than typical	121	$35,653	—
Limited-service restaurants	13	8	0.99×About typical	281	$15,256	—
Building equipment contractors	12	7.3	1.22×About typical	62	$37,758	23
Full-service restaurants	12	7.3	0.96×About typical	105	$20,629	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	6.7	1.34×More than typical	22	$33,773	47
Banks and credit unions	11	6.7	2.08×More than typical	171	$71,029	—
General merchandise stores	10	6.1	3.46×More than typical	325	$25,095	9

Rank places for an industry Open Arkansas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,334 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 $322.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Stuttgart, Arkansas: $40.76 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $322.1K; +66% vs FY2025
Per resident: $40.76; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.0%; 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

Agricultural Research Service$307.3K95%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$11.1K3.4%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1,7870.6%
Rural Housing Service$1,5500.5%
Forest Service$4030.1%

Top recipients

COVINGTON FIRELAKE JV, LLC$164.8K51%
ELBOW GREASE ENTERPRISES, LLC$91.7K28%
THE JOHNSON-MCADAMS FIRM, P.A.$13.4K4.2%
HAMILTON COMPANY$11.8K3.7%
WINTERSTEIGER SEEDMECH LLC$10.3K3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

287.7KFY2017
205.6KFY2018
530.2KFY2019
291.2KFY2020
462.5KFY2021
535.5KFY2022
225KFY2023
105.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$174K54%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$91.6K28%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$21.5K6.7%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$13.4K4.2%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$10.3K3.2%

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 Stuttgart, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Stuttgart, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Arkansas County, AR ($14.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Arkansas 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.

Stuttgart, 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.

Arkansas County25100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Arkansas 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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