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Cities · Edge-watch city · Benton County

Sulphur Springs

671 residents in 2000, 511 in 2010, 481 in 2020 — -5.9% over the last census decade, across 1 square miles.

Local sales tax, 12 months
$125,213
▲ 8.5% vs prior 12
AR DFA · latest month $11,609 · 2026-07
Homes permitted, 12 months
0
Census BPS · latest month 0 · 2026-08
Construction value, 12 months
$0
Census BPS · declared residential construction value · 2026-08
Population, July 1, 2025
483
▼ 1.2% since 2020
Census estimate · 2020 census 481 · 2025

Sales-tax growth rank: #11 of 31 NWA cities, +8.5% over the twelve months to 2026-07 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.

Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +8.5%, +44.2% a year ago (slowing; likely a tax change). Five-year pace +27.5% a year; population −0.2% a year. Growth Lab.

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479 Growth Pressure Score: 20 of 100 (Low), #28 of 30 cities. What goes into it. Compare Sulphur Springs with another city.

Businesses with employees (Census), ZIP 72768: 14 locations in 2023, +180.0% since 2018, including 0 restaurants and bars and 0 doctors' offices and outpatient clinics. Tenant explorer.

Sulphur 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.
Sulphur 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.
Sulphur 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: Sulphur 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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