Reports · 248 periods · weekly through 2026-11-08

Every period, one standard

Each report uses the same sections, so any period compares with any other: sales tax by city, residential permits, rates and jobs, and a short summary written from the numbers. Rebuilt automatically whenever a source publishes new figures.

Weekly

44 reports

Latest · Week of Nov 2, 2026

7.18%

30-year mortgage, -6 bp on the week

The 10-year Treasury closed the week at 4.86%, down 8 bp on the week; the 10-year sat 0.35 points above the 2-year.

Monday to Sunday: mortgage and Treasury rates, bank CRE lending, Bentonville permits and the public hearing calendar.

2026Nov 2 · Oct 26 · Oct 19 · Oct 12 · Oct 5 · Sep 28 · Sep 21 · Sep 14 · Sep 7 · Aug 31 · Aug 24 · Aug 17 · Aug 10 · Aug 3 · Jul 27 · Jul 20 · Jul 13 · Jul 6 · Jun 29 · Jun 22 · Jun 15 · Jun 8 · Jun 1 · May 25 · May 18 · May 11 · May 4 · Apr 27 · Apr 20 · Apr 13 · Apr 6 · Mar 30 · Mar 23 · Mar 16 · Mar 9 · Mar 2 · Feb 23 · Feb 16 · Feb 9 · Feb 2 · Jan 26 · Jan 19 · Jan 12 · Jan 5

Monthly

128 reports

Latest · Aug 2026

+0.9%

local sales tax, year over year

Local sales-tax receipts across 30 NWA cities (excluding 1 with a likely new or changed local tax) rose 0.9% versus the same period a year earlier. Receipts totaled $28.6M across all 31 reporting cities.

The latest DFA report month against the same month a year earlier.

2026Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2025Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2024Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2023Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2022Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2021Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2020Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2019Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2018Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2017Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

2016Dec · Nov · Oct · Sep · Aug · Jul · Jun · May · Apr · Mar · Feb · Jan

Quarterly

42 reports

Latest · Q2 2026

+0.2%

local sales tax, year over year

Local sales-tax receipts across 31 NWA cities rose 0.2% versus the same period a year earlier. Receipts totaled $82.0M across all 31 reporting cities.

Three months of registers, permits, rates and jobs, year over year.

2026Q2 · Q1

2025Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2024Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2023Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2022Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2021Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2020Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2019Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2018Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2017Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

2016Q4 · Q3 · Q2 · Q1

Semi-annual

21 reports

Latest · First half 2026

+2.5%

local sales tax, year over year

Local sales-tax receipts across 31 NWA cities rose 2.5% versus the same period a year earlier. Receipts totaled $160.4M across all 31 reporting cities.

Half-year view, the same cadence the Skyline and Sage reports use.

2026H1

2025H2 · H1

2024H2 · H1

2023H2 · H1

2022H2 · H1

2021H2 · H1

2020H2 · H1

2019H2 · H1

2018H2 · H1

2017H2 · H1

2016H2 · H1

Annual

10 reports

Latest · 2025

+2.9%

local sales tax, year over year

Local sales-tax receipts across 29 NWA cities (excluding 2 with a likely new or changed local tax) rose 2.9% versus the same period a year earlier. Receipts totaled $322.8M across all 31 reporting cities.

Calendar years back to 2016, each against the year before.

2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016

Five-year

2 reports

Latest · 2021–2025

+26.4%

local sales tax, 2021→2025

Local sales-tax receipts across 23 NWA cities (excluding 6 with a likely new or changed local tax) rose 26.4% from 2021 to 2025 (+6.0% a year). Receipts totaled $1.46B across all 29 reporting cities.

First full year against the last, with the compound annual rate.

2021–2025 · 2016–2020

Ten-year

1 report

Latest · 2016–2025

+87.7%

local sales tax, 2016→2025

Local sales-tax receipts across 15 NWA cities (excluding 7 with a likely new or changed local tax) rose 87.7% from 2016 to 2025 (+7.3% a year). Receipts totaled $2.29B across all 22 reporting cities.

A decade of Northwest Arkansas, city by city.

2016–2025

Sources: Arkansas DFA Local Net Tax Distribution Reports (distribution month) · U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, place level, residential units authorized · Freddie Mac PMMS and U.S. Treasury via FRED · BLS LAUS and FHFA HPI via FRED (NWA MSA 22220) · BLS Current Employment Statistics, Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA, not seasonally adjusted · Census Business Formation Statistics, Arkansas monthly (seasonally adjusted); NWA yearly · CFPB / FFIEC HMDA, home-purchase loans, Benton + Washington (whole calendar years only) · FHFA house price index, ZIP and county, annual (whole calendar years only). Reports are also published as JSON under /api/v1/reports/.

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