ZIP Code 72560 — Mountain View city, AR Demographics & Data

ZIP code 72560 covers Mountain View, AR in Stone County with a population of about 7,650.

At a glance, the area shows median age of 53.6 versus a U.S. median of about 38.9.

It sits in telephone area code 870; U.S. House district AR-1; the LITTLE ROCK - PINE BLUFF media market.

Mountain View, AR aligns with a tech / corporate-campus profile (high remote-work / education / income profile or known campus context). Broadband quality, remote-work share, and nearby employer campuses often matter as much as classic residential stats.

Median household income in ZIP 72560 is about $35,430 — about 53% below the U.S. median ($75,149).

On socioeconomic markers, US5 shows a poverty rate of 25.0%; unemployment rate near 1.7%; 18.6% of adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher (about 15.1 points below the national share (33.7%)).

Labor and commute patterns include leading industry context around Manufacturing, Food services, and Retail trade; about 3.8% of workers reporting work-from-home (about 11.4 points below the U.S. share (15.2%)); a mean commute of about 180.0 minutes (U.S. average near 26.8).

Median home value is about $159,400 — about 54% below the U.S. median home value ($348,079).

Housing tenure and rents show median gross rent around $502 (about 57% below the U.S. median rent ($1,163)), and owner-occupancy near 71.8% (about 6.4 points above the national owner-occupancy rate (65.4%)).

To comfortably buy a median-priced home in ZIP 72560 in Mountain View, AR, a household would need roughly $44,000 in annual income under a 20% down, 30-year loan at 6.8% (illustrative), keeping housing costs near 28% of income. Estimated monthly PITI is about $1,024. That is about 24% above the local median household income ($35,430), so the median earner would likely stretch or need a larger down payment. Rates, taxes, insurance, and HOA fees vary — treat this as a planning estimate, not a lender quote.

FEMA’s National Risk Index rates natural-hazard risk for Mountain View city, AR as Relatively Low (composite score 49.9), which is near the middle of the national distribution. The strongest component scores on US5 are wildfire (68.1) and flood (47.4). These scores are county-linked NRI values published for planning context — all ZIP codes in the same county share the same composite score on US5. Useful when comparing insurance and disaster exposure across areas, not a substitute for a parcel-level flood or fire determination.

Climate normals for Mountain View city, AR show little to no average snow and around 51.9 inches of annual precipitation.

IRS migration statistics show a net inflow of about 268 for ZIP 72560 (Mountain View city, AR) on US5’s published series — a signal of people/tax filers moving in relative to those leaving. Inflows often track job growth, housing demand, or lifestyle migration; treat the figure as a directional indicator rather than a precise headcount.