Valley SpringsAR
A town of 180, settled in 1874.
Is Valley Springs a good place to live?
Valley Springs School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Valley Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
180 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Buffalo National River and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Valley Springs. Close and well known come first.
9 mi National RiverBuffalo National River1.4M visitors a year
33 mi LakeTable Rock Lake
37 mi MuseumTitanic MuseumPhoto credits
Buffalo National River: Mattsrealm, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Table Rock Lake: KTrimble (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titanic Museum: Brad A. Totman, Public domain
Moving to Valley Springs: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Valley Springs, 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 Valley Springs.
More than half of Valley Springs’ working residents commute to Harrison
In Valley Springs, 13% of residents live below the poverty line. Valley Springs’ average commute is 27 minutes, against 21 minutes in Arkansas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles. The top destinations are Harrison (52%), Berryville (5%) and Mountain Home (3%).
| Valley Springs | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 18% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The schools Valley Springs’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Valley Springs School District. 3 public schools serve Valley Springs, with 787 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Springs Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 315 | A− |
| Valley Springs High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 219 | A |
| Valley Springs Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 253 | A |
NCES · EDFacts
Natural hazards: high risk in Valley Springs, mostly inland flooding
Valley Springs’ FEMA hazard score is 74 of 100, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 66 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 31% come from inland flooding and 29% from cold waves. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2009.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Valley Springs’ year
The range runs from 26° on a January night to 89° on a July afternoon, with about 10 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Valley Springs is
Among adults in Valley Springs, 37% have high blood pressure. This Arkansas town beats the Arkansas average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Only 9 of the 124 Arkansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Valley Springs. In Valley Springs, 12% of adults worry about having enough food, and 28% get no exercise outside work.
| Valley Springs | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| What stands out | Valley Springs | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 18.5% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 10.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Valley Springs
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Valley Springs
About 1 of every 100 Valley Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
100% of working residents leave Valley Springs for work
Where Valley Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Valley Springs
Town in Arkansas, United States
Valley Springs is a town in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 183 at the 2020 census, up from 175 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,086 ft
- ZIP code
- 72682
Questions about Valley Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Valley Springs, AR a good place to live?
Valley Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.