Witter, Arkansas.
. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, 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 Witter, Madison County, Arkansas
The Census does not count Witter on its own, so the figures here are Madison County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,798 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 80% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Madison County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Madison 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Witter is a community in Madison County, in the Ozark hills of northwest Arkansas. The county's population is older than the country as a whole, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with August the warmest. The area is wet, with rain and melted snow adding up to a good deal of water over the year.
Work. Across Madison County, unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, though the number of jobs has dipped slightly since the year before. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, or in the building trades. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in the country as a whole, and incomes sit below the national typical, with more households below the poverty line. Commutes are longer than the typical one nationwide, and few people work from home.
Things to do. White River is a river a short drive away, a good place for water-based outings. Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is a waterfall a longer drive away, and it is worth the trip for those who enjoy walking to a natural landmark. The Arkansas Air & Military Museum, also a longer drive away, is a museum that focuses on aviation and military history.
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- 6,463households
- 41.7median age
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What people in Madison County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Madison County had 3,619 jobs in 2025, 1.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 25°; warmest in August, with highs near 85° and lows near 65°. About 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kingston 2S weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Madison County
- ButterballTurkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked725
- Huntsville School DistrictSchool district399FTE
- Lew Thompson & Sons TruckingTrucking, specialized freight, long-distance251
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters178
- Ducommun LaBarge Technologies,IncOther aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing175
- Harp's Food StoreRetail grocery62
- Royal Oak EnterprisesCharcoal manufacturing32
- Sutherlands Grand PrairieHome centers, building materials23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,446 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Madison County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Madison County and the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro.
Witter 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.
- Witter7
Zip codes with a Witter address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Witter — 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.