8,510 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
780 square miles of land · 11 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
4 active community water systems list Montgomery County in the area they serve, reporting 4,361 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MOUNT IDA WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000392 | 3,218 served |
| NORMAN WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000391 | 750 served |
| ODEN-PENCIL BLUFF WATER ASSN buys surface water · local government · AR0000616 | 393 served |
| MONTGOMERY CO REGIONAL PWA surface water · local government · AR0000951 | 0 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 9 people were held in Montgomery County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 181 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 7.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Montgomery County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.3 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $13,241 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $766,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.1 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $14,622 per student, plus $120,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Montgomery County about $5.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
200 bridges in Montgomery County: 71 in good condition, 124 fair, and 5 poor (2.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| State Highway 240 over Caddo River-Montgomery · built 1966 | 700 vehicles a day |
| Southside Rd over Caney Creek · built 1974 | 80 vehicles a day |
| FDR 6 over BRUSHY CREEK · built 1925 | 50 vehicles a day |
| FDR 177 over DRAIN · built 1985 | 50 vehicles a day |
| FDR D92A over DRAIN · built 1979 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $154,888 of work in Montgomery County in fiscal 2025, about $18 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Montgomery County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Montgomery County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pike County (27 mi) · Garland County (29 mi) · Scott County (31 mi) · Polk County (32 mi) · Yell County (34 mi) · Howard County (37 mi).