Story, Arkansas.
. Russellville, AR metro.
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.
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
Living in Story, Montgomery County, Arkansas
The Census does not count Story on its own, so the figures here are Montgomery County's. Half the county's households earn more than $48,906 a year and half less; 22% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 81% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Montgomery County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Montgomery County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Story is a small community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, in the Ouachita Mountains. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and many residents are well into middle age or older. Winters are cold, summers are hot, and rain falls often through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in transport, warehouses and utilities, or in manufacturing. Across Montgomery County, unemployment has eased over the past year, and jobs have grown slightly in the latest full year. Few people work from home, and commutes often take some time.
Things to do. Lake Ouachita, a reservoir, is a short drive away and is one of the closest places for water recreation. Hot Springs National Park, a national park, is a longer drive away and is known for its thermal springs and historic bathhouses. Garvan Woodland Gardens, a botanical garden, is also a longer drive away and offers walking paths among planted woodland.
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- 3,715households
- 50.8median age
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What people in Montgomery County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Montgomery County had 1,283 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 69°. About 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mount Ida Asos weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Montgomery County
- Caddo Hills School DistrictSchool district121FTE
- Mount IDA School DistrictSchool district87FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture37
- CG Roxane LLC NormanSpring waters, purifying and bottling27
- Healthy Connections, Inc.-Mt. IdaCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 51 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Montgomery County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Montgomery County and the Russellville, AR metro.
Story 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.
- Story8
Zip codes with a Story address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Story — 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.