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Mountain Home
Arkansascity
Mountain Home
Total population
13,108
Median home value
$169,800
Bachelor's+
Median income
$41,274
Founded
1888
Air quality index
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Mountain Home is a city in and the county seat of Baxter County, Arkansas, United States, in the southern Ozark Mountains near the northern state border with Missouri. As of the 2020 census, Mountain Home had a population of 12,825. A total of 41,307 persons lived within the city and micropolitan area combined, which encompasses the majority of Baxter County.
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History
Mountain Home was originally known as Rapp's Barren. The land was owned by Simeon "Rapp" Talburt, who built the first home in the area in the early 1830s. Rapp and many of his family members are buried in a small cemetery in the Indian Creek subdivision of Mountain Home. The original cabin was found in 1990 and is on display in Cooper Park in Mountain Home with other homes of historic value. The name of the town was changed to Mountain Home in 1856. A post office was established in 1857. The Mountain Home Male and Female Academy was opened in 1853 and provided much needed education in the absence of accessible public schools. When Baxter County was incorporated on March 24, 1873, Mountain Home was named as the county seat. Court was held in a local store and prisoners were held in the homes of respected citizens until a proper courthouse could be built. A former boardinghouse was purchased for the purpose, but was deemed unfit for county business during the renovation process, so a new wood-frame building was built on a donated lot in the middle of the town square. This building burned to the ground in the 1890s and was replaced with a stone courthouse. It was suspected that an arsonist set fire to the building due to the location of the start of the fire and the timing. In just a few days, the fireproof safe would have been completed and all county records, including indictments, would have been protected from fire. In 1912, a local town, Cotter, was booming while growth in Mountain Home had slowed, and there was talk of moving the county seat to the riverfront town. Mountain Home added a third floor to their existing court house due to an Arkansas law that required the courthouse to be a three-story building. Mountain Home men participated in the war on the…
Geography
Mountain Home is located in northern Arkansas at (36.336248, -92.382279). It is the center of the Twin Lakes area, with Norfork Lake 15 minutes to the east and Bull Shoals Lake 20 minutes to the northwest. It is located within the Ozarks mountain range, in the Salem Plateau region. The city is located within 15 to 20 minutes of three rivers: the Buffalo National River, the White River and the North Fork River, which features the world-renowned Norfork Tailwater. These make the Mountain Home area one of the nation's top freshwater fishing destinations. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Mountain Home has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with cool to mild winters and warm, humid summers.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Mountain Home, AR from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves2,689
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,650
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves2,371
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves2,263
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,233
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,824
- Great Blue/Cocoi HeronArdea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,821
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,714
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- MTN HOME HIGH CAREER ACADEMICSHigh · MOUNTAIN HOME · 1,518 students · 12.2:1 ratio
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · MOUNTAIN HOME · 830 students · 17.7:1 ratio
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · MOUNTAIN HOME · 624 students · 16:1 ratio
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · MOUNTAIN HOME · 552 students · 16.7:1 ratio
- AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · COTTER · 397 students · 13.7:1 ratio
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · MOUNTAIN HOME · 337 students · 21.1:1 ratio
- COTTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · COTTER · 331 students · 5.6:1 ratio
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER CENTERHigh · MOUNTAIN HOME
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.51 — 2024-01-0413 km E of South Lead Hill, Arkansas
- M 2.75 — 2021-12-032 km W of Pyatt, Arkansas
- M 3.7 — 2019-09-1213 km N of Big Flat, Arkansas
- M 2.61 — 2019-02-1411 km WSW of Mountain View, Missouri
- M 2.51 — 2018-09-2320 km W of Clinton, Arkansas
- M 2.57 — 2018-08-0312 km SW of Pomona, Missouri
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Mountain Home
![[Variety list]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/7403050-M.jpg)
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- RX Blanchard 1 Prescribed Fire, Stone, ArkansasWildfires · 2026-04-24 · 28 mi
- LO GAP Wildfire, Van Buren, ArkansasWildfires · 2026-04-17 · 53 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-06-27 23:30 UTC.
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET