Mountain Home Commercial Historic District · Photo: JenBaker1951 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mountain Home, AR: what to set up and who to call
All of Mountain Home gets its mail under one ZIP code, 72653. Public schools here are run by Mountain Home School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mountain Home, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Mountain Home.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mountain Home. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mountain Home Waterworks
Mountain Home Waterworks supplies almost all of Mountain Home. It draws surface water and serves 19,618 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000025.
7 home internet providers serve Mountain Home
99% of 5,877 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 89% | 940/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 61% | 2,000/2,000 |
| NEXT, Powered by NAEC | Fiber | 38% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Yelcot Video Group | Fiber | 29% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 90% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 72% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Methvin Sanitation picks up trash in Mountain Home
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mountain Home, from the town’s own site.
Baxter Day Service Center
1631 Leo Davis Drive Mountain Home, AR 72653
- Mon7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Tue7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Wed7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Thu7:30 am–3:30 pm
- Fri7:30 am–3:30 pm
Baxter Day Service Center
1631 Leo Davis Drive Mountain Home, AR 72653
Start 2 Start Recycling
091 Denton Ferry Road Cotter, AR 72626
From mountainhomear.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated July 3, 2023. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mountain Home is in Mountain Home School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mountain Home is in ZIP code 72653
ZIP codes where Mountain Home residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mountain Home | ZIP’s residents in Mountain Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72653 | Mountain Home, AR | 100% | 45% |
72654 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Mountain Home
Who supplies Mountain Home’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mountain Home Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000025). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mountain Home?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mountain Home?
Optimum, Brightspeed, NEXT, Powered by NAEC, Yelcot Video Group, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mountain Home?
72653. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mountain Home in?
Mountain Home School District.
How do I register to vote in Mountain Home?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Baxter County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Mountain Home’s own website (mountainhomear.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.