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Cities · Smaller city · Washington County

Tontitown

942 residents in 2000, 2,460 in 2010, 4,301 in 2020 — +74.8% over the last census decade, across 18 square miles.

Local sales tax, 12 months
$6.7M
▲ 3.7% vs prior 12
AR DFA · latest month $567,888 · 2026-07
Homes permitted, 12 months
88
▲ 35.4% vs prior 12
Census BPS · latest month 4 · 2026-08
Construction value, 12 months
$35.5M
Census BPS · declared residential construction value · 2026-08
Population, July 1, 2025
8,046
▲ 87.8% since 2020
Census estimate · 2020 census 4,301 · 2025

Sales-tax growth rank: #16 of 31 NWA cities, +3.7% over the twelve months to 2026-07 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.

Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +3.7%, +6.9% a year ago (slowing). Five-year pace +9.6% a year; population +11.4% a year. Growth Lab.

Follow Tontitown: 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: 67 of 100 (High), #4 of 30 cities. What goes into it. Compare Tontitown with another city.

Tontitown: local sales-tax distributions
Monthly, 2010 → 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.
Tontitown: 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.
Tontitown 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: Tontitown'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

1 project cards
  • Arnold Blevins LSD +8,400 sq ft at 500 Jean Mary Dr
    hearing 2026-07-28 commerciallsdtontitown

Hearings

public meetings
2026-07-28Planning Commission5 items

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
  • Hwy 412 / Sunset Ave
    permit records not loaded yet · 566 commercial addresses · 15 programmed road jobs

Programmed road work

ARDOT TIP

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

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

Also in Washington County: Fayetteville · Farmington · Prairie Grove · Johnson · Elkins · West Fork · Lincoln · Goshen · Greenland · Winslow

Core cities: Fayetteville · Springdale · Rogers · Bentonville · Siloam Springs · Bella Vista · all 32 cities