Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,205, settled in 1878.
The best of Gassville’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Of the 109 Arkansas towns we compare, none has a lower violent crime rate than Gassville. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 2 have a lower January low than Gassville. On the outdoors, just 16 of Arkansas’ 201 towns do worse. Buford School Building and Rollins Hospital is on the National Register of Historic Places. Gassville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Gassville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Gassville is from typical.
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Census counts: 198 in 1910, 2,171 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gassville. Close and well known come first.
Buffalo National River: Mattsrealm, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blanchard Springs Caverns: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gassville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Gassville.
18% of Gassville adults report frequent physical distress, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 14%. 29% of Gassville adults have been diagnosed with depression. Gassville beats the Arkansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| Gassville | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 41% | 35% |
| What stands out | Gassville | AR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23% | 18.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Gassville for work: only 5% work in town. At 15 minutes, Gassville’s average trip to work is below both Arkansas’ towns (21 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The median household income in Gassville is $39,000.
| Gassville | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 22% | 8% |
| Median household income | $39,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 18% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Gassville has chilly winters and warm summers. Gassville’s July high is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Gassville home is worth about $197,000, up 2.2% in a year, 12% below the Arkansas typical home.
| Gassville | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $739 a month | $878 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 60% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Gassville
About 4 of every 100 Gassville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arkansas.
City in Arkansas, United States
Gassville (formerly Mount Pleasant and Turkey's Neck) is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 2,171.
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Not for the area. That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($48,452 across the Mountain Home, AR area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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