Arkansas · Census place 0569740

Tontitown, Arkansas

Tontitown is a city in Washington County, Arkansas with an estimated 7,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 49th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,941
#49 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+69.5%
+3,256 people
Land area
17.9 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
443 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Tontitown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Tontitown population, 2020 to 2024

Tontitown added 3,256 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +69.5%. In the latest year it moved by +583. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Tontitown is 70% of it.

4,68520205,56820216,51220227,35820237,9412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,284. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tontitown covers 17.91 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 443 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Tontitown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tontitown is in

All of Tontitown's residents live in Washington County, which had 266,184 residents in 2024. Tontitown holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tontitown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tontitown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72762. 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 Tontitown is

The Census internal point of Tontitown is at 36.167400, -94.242100. Little Rock, the capital, is 147.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springdale, AR (89,368 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 7.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.167400, -94.242100
DMS
36°10'2.64"N 94°14'31.56"W
UTM
15N 388286.9E 4003230.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86875Q85+X5

Daylight in Tontitown

At 36.17° N, Tontitown gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tontitown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Elm Springs, 2.7 miles away, with 2,872 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tontitown, AR?

7,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,256 (69.5%) from 4,685 in July 2020.

What county is Tontitown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tontitown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72762.

How far is Tontitown from Little Rock?

147.4 miles (237.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Tontitown.

What is the nearest larger city to Tontitown?

Springdale, AR, with 89,368 residents, 5.2 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.