AR area data
Pencil Bluff, AR
Pencil Bluff, AR.
Population: 298 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 371.7 (+4.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 86.9 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 12.8¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $19.30/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- iceStorm
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 67.7 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Hot Springs National Park (40 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Mount Ida-Bearce Airport (15 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 7
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 3
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.4 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,981
- Median annual property tax
- $494
- Households with broadband internet
- 88.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 794
- Average weekly wage
- $597
- Top industries (by employment)
- Construction, Health Care, Wholesale Trade
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