10Y4.88%+2bp vs prior day2026-11-092Y4.56%+5bp vs prior day2026-11-0930Y MTG7.18%−6bp vs last week2026-11-05SOFR3.88%−1bp vs prior day2026-11-09FED FUNDS3.88%+13bp vs last month2026-10CPI4.1% y/y2026-10US UNEMP4.10%−10bp vs last month2026-10NWA UNEMP3.10%0bp vs last month2026-09NWA EMPLOYED319,315+1,325 vs last month2026-09FRED · Freddie Mac · BLS · data 2026-11-10
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Data through 2026-08 (Arkansas DFA)+6 more sources
  • Arkansas DFALocal sales tax by citythrough 2026-08
  • U.S. Census BureauHomes permittedthrough 2026-09
  • Arkansas Department of TransportationTraffic countsthrough 2025
  • U.S. Census BureauPopulation by citythrough 2025
  • U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns)Businesses by ZIP and industrythrough 2023
  • Federal Housing Finance AgencyHome values by ZIP and countythrough 2026-Q2
  • The 479 Report, computed479 Growth Pressure Scorethrough 2026-08

"Through" is the newest period the source has published; many agencies report months behind by design. Amber means we haven't re-checked a source within 21 days, or it is behind its usual release schedule. How we get each number · Corrections

Compare cities · 32 cities · public data

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Pick up to three Northwest Arkansas cities. Every row is a number already published elsewhere on this site, from the same public source, lined up so the differences show.

Measure

Local sales tax, 12-month total, indexed
Each city's trailing 12 months, set to 100 in January 2019, so a small city and a large one can share one scale
Arkansas DFA local net tax distributions (DFA report month). A city with a new or changed local tax jumps; that's the tax, not the shoppers.

Differences here describe the public record. They aren't a ranking of places to buy and aren't investment advice.

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