Pets · Small-town market · Arkansas
Veterinarians in the Mountain Home, AR area
How the Mountain Home, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for veterinarians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #374 of 398 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On pets · $712 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For veterinarians, the Mountain Home area has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #374 of 398 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Mountain Home area spend about $13.8M a year on pets, or $712 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
The Mountain Home area has 13 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, twice the U.S. rate of 3.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Mountain Home area classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 1,935 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Mountain Home area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Mountain Home area compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Mountain Home area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $2.3M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,935 | 3,579 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $712 | $802 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as veterinary services in the Mountain Home area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Mountain Home area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Russellville, AR | 58 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.3M | +1.6% | #138 of 398 |
| 2Pine Bluff, AR | 56 | 8 | 3.0 | $2.4M | −5.6% | #151 of 398 |
| 3Batesville, AR | 44 | 8 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #246 of 398 |
| 4Malvern, AR | 41 | 5 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +1.1% | #259 of 398 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 37 | 14 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +4.2% | #295 of 398 |
| 6Mountain Home, AR | 22 | 13 | 6.7 | $1.1M | +3.1% | #374 of 398 |
Other business types in the Mountain Home area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses26
- Veterinarians22
- Pet grooming and boarding49
- Pet stores40
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Mountain Home, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 veterinarians in the Mountain Home area. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Mountain Home, AR area spend on pets?
About $13.8M a year, or $712 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, AR area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Mountain Home area has 6.7 veterinarians per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $1.1M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 5, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,935 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mountain Home, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in the Mountain Home area is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Mountain Home area scores 22 for veterinarians (low), #374 of 398 scored small-town markets.
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