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Moving to Mountain View, Arkansas

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Mountain View is located at 120 km north of Little Rock. Mountain Home, where you’ll find exceptional trout fishing on the White and North Fork Rivers. There’s also a full range of water recreation on the giant Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes. This town in the north-central part of the state specializes in authentic crafts and mountain music. Much of both can be found at the Ozark Folk Center, a state park that promotes traditional folk culture with demonstrations of blacksmithing, pottery making and other traditional crafts. Mountain View is the site of several cultural festivals, including the Arkansas Folk Festival in April and the Arkansas Old Time Fiddle Championships in September.

Population: 2,876. Estimated population in July 2024: 2,998 (+4.2% change)
Males: 1,288 (44.8%), Females: 1,588 (55.2%)

Stone County

Zip code: 72560

Demographics

Median resident age: 46.8 years
Median household income: $19,302
Median house value: $70,800

Population by Race

Races in Mountain View:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
  • American Indian (2.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.7%)

Ancestries: United States (15.2%), English (14.2%), German (12.0%), Irish (11.9%), French (5.3%), Scotch-Irish (3.4%).

Elevation: 761 feet

Land area: 6.8 square miles

Map of Mountain View, AR

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Mountain View

  • High school or higher: 67.4%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
  • Unemployed: 4.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mountain View city

  • Never married: 12.8%
  • Now married: 59.8%
  • Separated: 3.0%
  • Widowed: 8.6%
  • Divorced: 15.8%

1.6% Foreign born

Population change in the 1990s: +203 (+7.6%).

Hospitals

Hospital/medical center in Mountain View:

  • STONE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (HIGHWAY 14 EAST)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Mountain View:

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mountain View:

  • LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 67 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR; Abbreviation: LRF)
  • ADAMS FIELD (about 80 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Abbreviation: LIT)
  • MEMORIAL FIELD (about 118 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Abbreviation: HOT)

Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain View:

  • MOUNTAIN VIEW WILCOX MEMORIAL FIELD (about 3 miles; MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR; Abbreviation: 7M2)
  • CALICO ROCK-IZARD COUNTY (about 20 miles; CALICO ROCK, AR; Abbreviation: 37T)
  • MELBOURNE MUNI – JOHN E MILLER FIELD (about 25 miles; MELBOURNE, AR; Abbreviation: 42A)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mountain View:

  • HARDING UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; SEARCY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,959)
  • ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 55 miles; BEEBE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,840)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 55 miles; CONWAY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 7,693)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 80 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Full-time enrollment: 8,024)
  • ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 4,450)
  • ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 100 miles; STATE UNIVERSITY, AR; Full-time enrollment: 8,696)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 111 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,801)

Schools

Public high school in Mountain View:

  • MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 554; Location: 210 HIGH SCHOOL DR; Grades: 07 – 12)

Public primary/middle school in Mountain View:

  • MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. SCHOOL (Students: 677; Location: 201 ELEMENTARY DRIVE; Grades: KG – 06)

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