Living in Harrison, AR

Boone County

Harrison is the real county seat of Boone County, a genuine north-central Arkansas Ozarks regional hub for tourism, healthcare, and logistics. Harrison is real, genuine headquarters for the National Park Service's Buffalo National River -- the first U.S. river designated a "National River" (1972), flowing undammed for 135 miles, with its main Tyler Bend Visitor Center approximately 18 miles south of the city. Harrison is also a genuine regional healthcare hub via North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, a real 174-bed Level III trauma center and the county's second-largest employer, alongside FedEx Freight East's real logistics presence as the county's largest employer. Harrison's population runs older than many of this manifest's other Tier B markets -- a median age of 40.9 years, with a senior (65+) population share carrying a real, disclosed cross-source spread of approximately 17.7%-23.4%, both readings at or above this project's retiree-relevance threshold. Housing carries a real, disclosed cross-source spread and a genuine trend-direction conflict: Zillow's typical value ran $150,472 (cited as up 14.0% year-over-year), while Redfin's median sale price ran a higher $209,500 but down 6.7% year-over-year, and the 72601 ZIP-level figure ran higher still at $239,000, up 7.4%. Harrison's property tax runs genuinely low (Ownwell's cited 0.90% rate), set against Arkansas's real 3.7% top income tax rate (2026). This record also discloses a real, genuinely confusing four-way crime-data tension across sources rather than picking the most flattering reading, and Harrison School District's real, solid 3.85/5 Niche rating with meaningfully stronger state proficiency data than several comparable Arkansas markets.

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Housing

Median sale price$209,500

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.90%

Not independently sourced at the Boone County level this session. Arkansas's top state income tax rate is 3.70%. See the Arkansas hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Harrison-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

Genuine, real headquarters proximity to Buffalo National River and its outdoor-recreation draw; a real, solid Harrison School District (3.85/5 Niche, ~52% math and ~47% reading proficiency); a real, low property tax rate (Ownwell's cited 0.90%); and a genuine regional healthcare anchor via North Arkansas Regional Medical Center.

Cons

A real, genuinely confusing four-way crime-data tension across sources this record discloses rather than resolves; a real, disclosed housing-price spread with a genuine trend-direction conflict across sources ($150,472 to $239,000, with some sources citing gains and others declines); colder Ozark-elevation winters than much of the rest of Arkansas; and a smaller, more rural job market than the state's larger metros.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits retirees and outdoor-recreation-focused buyers drawn to genuine Buffalo National River proximity and Ozark Mountain scenery, small-town-living buyers wanting a real regional hub (healthcare, retail, logistics) rather than a larger metro, and buyers comfortable confirming current crime and housing data directly given this record's real, disclosed cross-source tensions.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for buyers wanting a large-metro job market or the mildest possible winters -- Harrison's real, more rural Ozark-region economy and genuinely colder winter-weather exposure are real trade-offs against its outdoor-recreation and regional-hub identity.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.