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ZIP code 72826 covers Blue Mountain, Arkansas.

Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 72826 is

Blue Mountain, Arkansas — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median year built1938
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 69.7% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss68.3 out of 100
Community resilience21 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Ice storm96.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning91.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire90.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide88.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind85.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding84.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave83.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather80.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail79.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado77.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave65.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake54.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane48Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Arkansas and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPArkansasUnited States
Median household income$58,773$78,538
Income per person$33,147$43,289
Poverty rate16%12.4%
Median home value$175,300$303,400
Median gross rent$914$1,348
Homeownership66.1%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher25.1%35%
Unemployment rate5.1%5.2%
Works from home7.8%13.5%
Born outside the US5.2%13.9%
Median age38.438.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationBLUE MTN DAM, AR US5.8 km away
Rain in a year50 in
Snow in a year2 in

Average high and low by month

January50.4°F / 27.6°F3.4 in rain, 0.6 in snow
February55.6°F / 31.1°F3.36 in rain, 0.6 in snow
March64°F / 38.4°F4.86 in rain, 0.7 in snow
April73.4°F / 47.1°F4.91 in rain
May80.3°F / 56.9°F5.05 in rain
June88.2°F / 65.4°F3.7 in rain
July93°F / 68.9°F3.79 in rain
August93°F / 67.5°F3.62 in rain
September85.6°F / 60°F3.96 in rain
October74.9°F / 48.4°F3.84 in rain
November62.4°F / 37.9°F4.64 in rain
December52.4°F / 30.4°F4.52 in rain, 0.1 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Magazine Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability63more vulnerable than 63% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status49more vulnerable than 49% of US census tracts
Household characteristics70more vulnerable than 70% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status27more vulnerable than 27% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport79more vulnerable than 79% of US census tracts
Walkability4 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

72943 Magazine, AR8.7 km away
72842 Havana, AR11.8 km away
72855 Paris, AR18.3 km away
72927 Booneville, AR19.6 km away
72865 Subiaco, AR23 km away
72824 Belleville, AR23.8 km away
72951 Ratcliff, AR24.2 km away
72838 Gravelly, AR27.1 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Logan County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.05 sq mi
Latitude, longitude35.1304, -93.7116

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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