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Damascus, Arkansas.

. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.

What it costs per month · Damascus $1,177/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$613 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Arkansas $1,177 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Arkansas$1,177
  • United States$1,922

Living in Damascus, Van Buren County, Arkansas

Damascus is a town of 382 people in Van Buren County. Unemployment in Van Buren County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Van Buren County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 382 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Damascus for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.7% Van Buren County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Damascus for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Damascus is a very small town in Van Buren County, Arkansas, the kind of place where neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and days that stay cool and nights that fall below freezing. Summers are hot, with July the warmest, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, the building trades, and transport, warehouses and utilities also employing many. Across Van Buren County, some of the biggest workplaces are Ozark Health, the Clinton School District and Walmart. Incomes in the county are on the modest side, and the county has lost some jobs over the past year.

Things to do. Woolly Hollow State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and is the closest spot for time outdoors. A longer drive brings you to Greers Ferry Lake, a large reservoir, and to Cadron Settlement, a park tied to the area's early history. The Fourche La Fave River is also within a longer drive for anyone who likes time by the water.

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What people in Van Buren County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Building trades11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Van Buren County had 3,705 jobs in 2025, 2.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 92° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 92° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 49° and 28°; warmest in July, 92° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 49° 28° F M A M J J 92° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 68°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Greenbrier weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Van Buren County

  1. Ozark HealthSkilled nursing facilities398
  2. Clinton School DistrictSchool district239FTE
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters218
  4. Ozark HealthCritical access hospital195FTE
  5. South Side School District(vanburen)School district122FTE
  6. Harps Food StoreRetail grocery79
  7. Shirley School DistrictSchool district65FTE
  8. Petit Jean Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power58

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 773 people in all across the county; Damascus has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. Strong windRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. Heat wavesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Damascus’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Van Buren County and the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro.

Damascus home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Damascus address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Damascus — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.