Arkansas · Census place 0531090

Heber Springs, Arkansas

Heber Springs is a city in Cleburne County, Arkansas with an estimated 7,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,313
#54 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+5.0%
+346 people
Land area
9.1 sq mi
Density
805 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Heber Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Heber Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Heber Springs added 346 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +62. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Heber Springs is 65% of it.

6,96720207,13020217,19020227,25120237,3132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,969. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Heber Springs covers 9.09 square miles of land, for 805 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Heber Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Heber Springs is in

All of Heber Springs's residents live in Cleburne County, which had 25,646 residents in 2024. Heber Springs holds 28.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Heber Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Heber Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72543. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Heber Springs is

The Census internal point of Heber Springs is at 35.499600, -92.029300. Little Rock, the capital, is 54.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Searcy, AR (23,997 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 56.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.499600, -92.029300
DMS
35°29'58.56"N 92°01'45.48"W
UTM
15N 588037.6E 3928882.2N
Geohash
9yq9cyd21
Plus code
8679FXXC+R7

Daylight in Heber Springs

At 35.50° N, Heber Springs gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Heber Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairfield Bay, 15.1 miles away, with 2,171 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Heber Springs, AR?

7,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 346 (5.0%) from 6,967 in July 2020.

What county is Heber Springs in?

Cleburne County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Heber Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72543.

How far is Heber Springs from Little Rock?

54.0 miles (87.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Heber Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Heber Springs?

Searcy, AR, with 23,997 residents, 24.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.