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Cities · Smaller city · Northwest Arkansas

Eureka Springs

Local sales tax, 12 months
$4.3M
▲ 2.8% vs prior 12
AR DFA · latest month $416,515 · 2026-07
Homes permitted, 12 months
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Census BPS · latest month —
Construction value, 12 months
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Census BPS · declared residential construction value
Population, July 1, 2025
2,258
▲ 3.8% since 2020
Census estimate · · 2025

Sales-tax growth rank: #20 of 31 NWA cities, +2.8% over the twelve months to 2026-07 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.

Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +2.8%, +2.1% a year ago (steady). Five-year pace +4.0% a year; population +0.8% a year. Growth Lab.

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Eureka 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.
Eureka Springs: residential units authorized
Single-family and multifamily, monthly, since 2015
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U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, place level. Residential only; commercial permits come from the city's own records.
Eureka 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.

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city Permits Issued records

[NEEDS DATA: Eureka 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.]

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