Cities · Smaller city · Benton County
Cave Springs
1,103 residents in 2000, 1,729 in 2010, 5,495 in 2020 — +217.8% over the last census decade, across 8.6 square miles.
Sales-tax growth rank: #5 of 31 NWA cities, +19.5% over the twelve months to 2026-08 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.
Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +19.5%, +6.3% a year ago (speeding up). Five-year pace +10.4% a year; population +2.6% a year. Growth Lab.
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479 Growth Pressure Score: 70 of 100 (High), #2 of 30 cities. What goes into it. Compare Cave Springs with another city.
Home values (FHFA index), 2020–2025: ZIP 72718 +55.8% (last year +5.6%). Every ZIP.
Businesses with employees (Census), ZIP 72718: 92 locations in 2023, +61.4% since 2018, including 3 restaurants and bars and 3 doctors' offices and outpatient clinics. Tenant explorer.
Who lives in Cave Springs
Census ACS 2020-2024 · 5-year estimates
| Cave Springs | Benton County | Arkansas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,008± 36 | 303,632 | 3,049,391 |
| Median household income | $146,473± $35,322wide | $93,506± $2,205 | $60,773± $467 |
| Median home value (owner estimate) | $460,300± $44,314 | $323,500± $6,193 | $188,000± $1,754 |
| Median rent | $2,222± $41 | $1,277± $31 | $947± $6 |
| Median age | 34.6± 1.7 | 35.9± 0.1 | 38.5± 0.2 |
| Renters | 7.5% | 33.0% | 33.6% |
| Homes vacant | 7.4% | 8.8% | 13.5% |
| In buildings of 5+ units | 0.4% | 11.8% | 10.5% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's or more | 54.1% | 37.8% | 25.7% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.8% | 7.6% | 16.0% |
| Median year built | 2012 | 2001 | 1987 |
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. "±" is the margin of error at 90% confidence: the true value is likely within that range. "Wide" marks an estimate whose margin is more than 15% of the value; compare those with care. Percentages are computed from ACS counts. Home value is what owners estimate, not a sale price; see home values for price trends.
Permits pulled
city permit records
Cave Springs doesn't publish a permit list we can read yet, so its commercial permits aren't here. Residential permits above come from the Census survey. City permit records are live for Fayetteville and Bentonville.
On the agenda
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Hearings
public meetings
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Corridors
- Hwy 11239 permits in 90 days · 1,126 commercial addresses · 19 programmed road jobs
Programmed road work
ARDOT TIP
No TIP job names Cave Springs directly. Corridor-level road work is on each dossier and on the state layer.
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