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Place dossier plate
SheetAR-TONTITOWN-AR · Tontitown, AR 5,739 pop · income 62nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Tontitown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tontitown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yabucoa zona… · lowest
17,511
Yabucoa zona… · lowest
17,511 median HH income
11.8% of the leader · rank #1
Dillsburg · near
80,977
Dillsburg · near
80,977 median HH income
54.7% of the leader · rank #2
Tontitown · this city
80,987
Tontitown · this city
80,987 median HH income
54.8% of the leader · rank #3
Epping · near
80,987
Epping · near
80,987 median HH income
54.8% of the leader · rank #4
Euless · near
80,987
Euless · near
80,987 median HH income
54.8% of the leader · rank #5
Milford · near
80,997
Milford · near
80,997 median HH income
54.8% of the leader · rank #6
Cave Springs · highest
147,917
Cave Springs · highest
147,917 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Tontitown on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,739.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Tontitown - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Tontitown lands in the 62nd percentile for household income and the 79th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
62nd
percentile, household income
77th
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
79th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Tontitown, AR
Tontitown is a small town in Arkansas, home to 5,739 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Tontitown brings in $80,987 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.4%. Typical homes in Tontitown are valued around $394,200, and the median resident age is 41.0 years. 45.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 65.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 73 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 89% from five years earlier. Tontitown reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 654.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Arkansas scores 86.9 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $944 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $210 across Arkansas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Tontitown's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tontitown, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Tontitown?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Tontitown?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 654.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 71% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Tontitown?
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Berryville (5,715 residents, $39,548 income); Cave Springs (5,778 residents, $147,917 income); Mena (5,605 residents, $50,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Yabucoa zona urbana, PR (5,740 residents); Monticello, KY (5,741 residents); Belle Fourche, SD (5,741 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Tontitown growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,360 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +71.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 73 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Tontitown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
1.7%
Work from home
16.4%
Drive alone
72.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,115 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 4.4% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
86.9 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average
B
City profile score · Tontitown, AR
73/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share A-
45.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C+
129 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C+
$80,987
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Tontitown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 80/100 (A-) · 45.2%
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.4%
Violent crime: 64/100 (C+) · 129 /100k
Household income: 60/100 (C+) · $80,987
Where Tontitown sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Tontitown's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Tontitown highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Tontitown, AR (this city): home $394,200, crime 655/100k
Monticello, KY : home $125,800, crime 876/100k
Belle Fourche, SD : home $188,800, crime 2,452/100k
Central City, KY : home $140,700, crime 1,068/100k
Salisbury, MA : home $441,500, crime 741/100k
Berryville, AR : home $153,500, crime 2,750/100k
Cave Springs, AR : home $431,300, crime 352/100k
Mena, AR : home $114,200, crime 2,947/100k
Alma, AR : home $197,200, crime 1,487/100k
White Hall, AR : home $207,100, crime 1,167/100k
How does Tontitown compare to other US cities?
Here's how Tontitown stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income62% higher than other cities
Home value77% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
Safety79% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Arkansas and the picture shifts: Tontitown ranks #17 of 160 Arkansas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Tontitown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Tontitown near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tontitown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tontitown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#46 of 495
91st percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#6 of 482
99th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#420 of 524
20th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#9 of 524
98th percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
62nd percentile nationally for median household income · 79th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Tontitown's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Tontitown's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Tontitown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$394,20023rd percentilemore affordable than 23% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Tontitown's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,656 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,615 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.9×, Tontitown sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,656 of 15,516 and #9,615 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$80,987Tontitown, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tontitown, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Tontitown, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,739
Median Income
$80,987
Median Home Value
$394,200
Median Age
41.0
Poverty Rate
4.4%
Labor force participation
65.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
45.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
654.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
128.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
526.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Tontitown's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,686 residents
2021
5,573 residents
2022
6,510 residents
2023
7,346 residents
2024
7,967 residents
2025
8,046 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
73
housing units authorized
Single-Family
73
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
12.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
647
207
440
$95.0M
2020
352
192
160
$73.3M
2021
375
375
0
$89.2M
2022
326
326
0
$75.0M
2023
231
231
0
$48.5M
2024
73
73
0
$32.5M
Permit volume decreased 89% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.0%
Carpool
8.2%
Public Transit
1.7%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
16.4%
Other
0.6%
Based on 3,115 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Tontitown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Tontitown is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Tontitown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tontitown compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.