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Cave Springs

1,103 residents in 2000, 1,729 in 2010, 5,761 in 2020 — +233.2% over the last census decade, across 8.6 square miles.

Local sales tax, 12 months

$2.8M

▲ 18.7% vs prior 12

AR DFA · latest month $264,694 · 2026-07

Homes permitted, 12 months

▼ 7.8% vs prior 12

Census BPS · latest month 10 · 2026-08

Construction value, 12 months

$23.6M

Census BPS · declared residential construction value · 2026-08

Population, July 1, 2025

6,701

▲ 16.3% since 2020

Census estimate · 2020 census 5,761 · 2025

Sales-tax growth rank: #4 of 31 NWA cities, +18.7% over the twelve months to 2026-07 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.

Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +18.7%, +7.8% a year ago (speeding up). Five-year pace +10.4% a year; population +2.6% a year. Growth Lab.

Follow Cave Springs: city feed (new sales-tax and permit months, large permits, hearings; works in any feed reader or feed-to-email service).

479 Growth Pressure Score: 71 of 100 (High), #2 of 30 cities. What goes into it. Compare Cave Springs with another city.

Home values (FHFA index), 2020–2025: ZIP 72718 +55.8% (last year +5.6%). Every ZIP.

Businesses with employees (Census), ZIP 72718: 92 locations in 2023, +61.4% since 2018, including 3 restaurants and bars and 3 doctors' offices and outpatient clinics. Tenant explorer.

Cave Springs: local sales-tax distributions

Monthly, 2015 → present — the register receipts of the city

Arkansas DFA Local Net Tax Distribution Reports. Month = distribution month; DFA publishes about two months behind.

Data through 2026-07 · Free to reuse with the credit line.

Cave Springs: residential units authorized

Single-family and multifamily, monthly, since 2015

U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, place level. Residential only; commercial permits come from the city's own records.

Data through 2026-08 · Free to reuse with the credit line.

Cave Springs on the map

City limits, corridor roads, and programmed road work. Permit dots appear when this city's feed lands.

Road workwideningnew road / interchangeintersectionbridgepreservation / other2045 long-range planPermitsretail / commercialmultifamilyindustrialofficeresidentialolder than 90 days

City limits: NWARPC. Permits: city records on county parcels. Roads: ARDOT jobs in the NARTS TIP and the 2045 plan via NWARPC. Line weight scales with published estimate.

Permits pulled

city Permits Issued records

[NEEDS DATA: Cave Springs's commercial permit feed isn't loaded yet. Residential permits above come from the Census survey; the city's own permit records join when its feed lands.]

On the agenda

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Hearings

public meetings

No agendas extracted for Cave Springs yet.

Full calendar on Hearings. Outcomes are not recorded until verified.

Corridors

Hwy 112
36 permits in 90 days · 1,101 commercial addresses · 19 programmed road jobs

Programmed road work

ARDOT TIP

No TIP job names Cave Springs directly. Corridor-level road work is on each dossier and on the state layer.

Own commercial property in Cave Springs? Tuesday's issue is three minutes on what changed for owners this week.

Also in Benton County: Rogers · Bentonville · Bella Vista · Centerton · Siloam Springs · Lowell · Pea Ridge · Gentry · Gravette · Little Flock · Decatur · Highfill · Garfield · Avoca · Sulphur Springs · Springtown

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