Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+57%. Democratic peak: D+67 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 42,4072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,4522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Mountain Home, AR, AROne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,341 | 16,253 | 20,954 | ||
| R | 4,635 | 15,836 | 21,007 | ||
| R | 4,169 | 14,682 | 19,303 | ||
| R | 5,172 | 13,688 | 19,339 | ||
| R | 6,539 | 12,852 | 19,981 | ||
| R | 7,129 | 11,128 | 18,530 | ||
| R | 6,516 | 9,538 | 16,708 | ||
| R | 6,703 | 6,877 | 15,505 | ||
| D | 6,991 | 5,640 | 15,732 | ||
| R | 4,808 | 8,614 | 13,597 | ||
| R | 4,528 | 10,870 | 15,564 | ||
| R | 4,789 | 9,684 | 15,147 | ||
| R | 5,766 | 5,885 | 11,651 | ||
| R | 2,677 | 6,754 | 9,560 | ||
| R | 1,952 | 3,401 | 6,866 | ||
| D | 2,900 | 1,986 | 4,891 | ||
| R | 1,694 | 2,108 | 3,879 | ||
| R | 1,451 | 1,721 | 3,192 | ||
| D | 1,388 | 1,387 | 2,793 | ||
| D | 1,098 | 553 | 1,760 | ||
| D | 796 | 572 | 1,372 | ||
| D | 859 | 489 | 1,355 | ||
| D | 773 | 375 | 1,155 | ||
| D | 1,039 | 194 | 1,254 | ||
| D | 665 | 504 | 1,180 | ||
| D | 640 | 301 | 1,103 | ||
| D | 707 | 484 | 1,261 | ||
| D | 914 | 318 | 1,232 | ||
| D | 536 | 142 | 996 | ||
| D | 607 | 300 | 976 | ||
| D | 426 | 236 | 686 | ||
| D | 723 | 287 | 1,015 | ||
| D | 980 | 262 | 1,244 | ||
| D | 802 | 269 | 1,116 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.7%
German
17.4%
Irish
13.9%
American
7.7%
Scottish
3.3%
Italian
2.8%
French
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 51.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$48,452
Mountain Home, AR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mountain Home, AR$48,452
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.2%
Working age (18–64)14.5%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mountain Home anchors a small metro where in-migration of retirees from the Midwest has steadily pushed median age above 50, producing some of the widest Republican margins in Arkansas's Ozark fringe.
The Democratic margin in Mountain Home, AR peaked at sixty-seven points in 1932. By 1996 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $48,452 sits well below state and national norms, and 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 56.8 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,954 votes cast, 4,341 went Democratic and 16,253 went Republican.
What is Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas?
Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas has a population of 42,407 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas is $48,452 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mountain Home, AR, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.