Holiday IslandAR
A town of 2,440.
Is Holiday Island a good place to live?
The best of Holiday Island’s subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for civic life; the weakest is a C for health. Only 12 of Arkansas’ 182 towns score higher on civic life. Holiday Island has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
92% of working residents leave Holiday Island for work
Where Holiday Island’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Holiday Island grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Holiday Island is from typical.
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Moving to Holiday Island: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Holiday Island, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holiday Island.
Fewer of Holiday Island’s residents are under 18 than in the typical Arkansas or U.S. town
Holiday Island: 48% of residents are 65 or older, and in Holiday Island, the median age is 64 years, against 36.6 years in Arkansas’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. It has grown 3.1% since 2020, to 2,440 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 26% across Arkansas.
| Holiday Island | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 48% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 7.3% | 25% | 22% |
| Median age | 64 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across Arkansas, 50.6% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 63% are men (AR 42%).
| Holiday Island | AR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 1% | 12.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.3% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 25.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 22.4% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.1% | 34.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.5% | 20.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.8% | 9.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Holiday Island’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.5 jobs for each of them
In Holiday Island, the middle household income is $53,000, where Arkansas’ towns sit at $55,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Most working residents leave Holiday Island for work: only 8% work in town. The average commute for Holiday Island comes to 29 minutes. Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 4 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Holiday Island.
| Holiday Island | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.3% | 22% | 8% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Holiday Island are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns
Against the Arkansas average, Holiday Island comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 8. In Holiday Island, 85% of adults had a checkup this year. 55% of adults here have high blood pressure; 18% have diabetes. Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 2 have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Holiday Island.
| Holiday Island | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 55% | 41% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Holiday Island | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 14.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 10.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Holiday Island brings four seasons and hot summers
Holiday Island’s midsummer high stands at 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Holiday Island has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects here, 46% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. Holiday Island’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 62 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Holiday Island after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2015.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Holiday Island keeps 6.3% of its land conserved
Only 7 of the 112 Arkansas towns we compare have a higher share of conserved land than Holiday Island. 1.0 miles of trail. In Holiday Island, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Holiday Island | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Silver Dollar City and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holiday Island. Close and well known come first.
25 mi Theme parkSilver Dollar City
27 mi MuseumCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art
5 mi LandmarkChrist of the Ozarks
25 mi LakeTable Rock Lake
28 mi MuseumTitanic Museum
38 mi Stadium & arenaDonald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumPhoto credits
Silver Dollar City: Nan Fry, CC BY 2.0 · Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Charvex, CC0 · Christ of the Ozarks: Bobak Ha'Eri, Public domain · Table Rock Lake: KTrimble (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titanic Museum: Brad A. Totman, Public domain · Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium: Bobak at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Holiday Island
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Holiday Island; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Holiday Island residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
About Holiday Island
City in Arkansas, United States
Holiday Island is a 4,500-acre planned retirement and vacation community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Formerly an unincorporated community and census-designated place, it voted to incorporate in November 2020. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,533. Holiday Island is located in the Ozark Mountains on Table Rock Lake, near Eureka Springs, Arkansas and approximately an hour's drive from Branson, Missouri, Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Bentonville, Arkansas. Community growth has been fueled by the expansion of corporate giants headquartered in Northwest Arkansas, namely Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt; the entertainment attractions in Eureka Springs, AR and Branson, M…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,411 ft
- Area code
- 479
Questions about Holiday Island
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holiday Island, AR expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.