The Heights, Little Rock Real Estate: The Facts, Sourced

The short version: The Heights is a pre-war streetcar suburb in north-central Little Rock (ZIP 72207), the northern half of historic Pulaski Heights. Median sale price is $655,000 (Homes.com, trailing 12 months, fetched October 18, 2026). The median home was built in 1941. Schools are all Little Rock School District, with the elementary assignment split by exact address. There is no mandatory HOA. Property taxes run 70.10 mills, about 1.40% of market value. Every figure below names its source.

Market

Measure	Figure	Source
Median sale price (neighborhood)	$655,000 (up 6% year over year)	Homes.com, trailing 12 months, fetched Oct 18, 2026
Median single-family sale price	$695,029	Homes.com
Median list price	$675,000	Homes.com
Average price per square foot	$268	Homes.com
Sales volume	86 sales in prior 12 months	Homes.com
Median days on market	54	Homes.com
Active listings at fetch	26	Homes.com
Months of supply	3.60	Homes.com

A note on sourcing: no Heights-specific median from Redfin, Zillow or Realtor.com could be verified — Homes.com is the only source publishing one, so every market figure here traces to it. Earlier Homes.com captures showed the same $655,000 median with $271 per square foot and 88 sales, and year-ago captures a median of $581,500–$591,500; small differences between captures are normal — cite the fetch date with any figure.

Housing stock

Measure	Figure	Source
Median year built	1941	Homes.com, Heights local guide
Homes in the neighborhood boundary	1,963	Homes.com
Average single-family home size	3,535 sq ft	Homes.com
Median lot size	8,712 sq ft	Homes.com
Predominant styles	Tudor, Georgian Revival, Craftsman, Colonial Revival	Homes.com
Stock trend	Active renovation; some tear-down/rebuild projects designed to blend with the vintage aesthetic	Homes.com

Schools — one district, split by address

All of The Heights is in the Little Rock School District. The middle and high school pattern is fixed; the elementary assignment splits by exact address. Verify the individual property.

Part of neighborhood	Elementary	Middle	High
North side (72207)	Forest Park Elementary (PK–5)	Pulaski Heights Middle (6–8)	Little Rock Central High (9–12)
Southern part	Jefferson Elementary (K–5)	Pulaski Heights Middle (6–8)	Little Rock Central High (9–12)

Notes: assignments established from the district feeder pattern plus per-address assignment data (Redfin/GreatSchools) — LRSD publishes no single zone statement for the neighborhood, so confirm any address in LRSD’s school-search tool. Pulaski Heights Middle’s building originated in 1913. Homes.com grades Central High A and Forest Park A− (Niche). LRSD redrew its high-school zones in 2026 ahead of Little Rock West High School’s opening in fall 2027 — re-verify high-school assignments at purchase. Private options serving the neighborhood: Mount St. Mary Academy (girls, Catholic; founded 1851; on Kavanaugh in Hillcrest since 1908), Catholic High School for Boys (founded 1930; just across University Avenue) and The Anthony School.

Property taxes — 70.10 mills, worked out

Component	Figure
Total millage (Little Rock / LRSD tax area)	70.10 mills (0.07010)
Assessment ratio (Arkansas residential)	20% of market value
Effective rate on market value	≈1.40%

Worked example — tax equals assessed value (20% of market value) multiplied by the millage rate:

Home value	Assessed value (20%)	Annual tax at 70.10 mills
$500,000	$100,000	$7,010
$655,000 (the neighborhood median)	$131,000	$9,183 (≈$765/month)
$800,000	$160,000	$11,216

HOA — there is no mandatory one

• No mandatory, neighborhood-wide HOA or POA exists for The Heights. It is a pre-war streetcar-suburb neighborhood of individual plats, not a master-planned subdivision, and no dues figure exists to publish.
• The Heights Neighborhood Association is a voluntary 501(c)(4) civic association; its work is beautification and maintenance of streets and thoroughfares (tree planting, banners, flowers, safety lighting). It erected the neighborhood’s 2009 history marker. No published dues amount was found in any source.
• Individual condominiums and townhome complexes inside the neighborhood carry their own association dues — property-specific, varying by complex.

Golf — Country Club of Little Rock (private)

Fact	Detail	Source
Founded	1902 — described by Soirée as the oldest country club west of the Mississippi	Little Rock Soirée; club via Cause IQ
Holes / par	18 holes, par 70	ForeTee course profile
Yardage	6,454 yards maximum	ForeTee
Course rating / slope	71.4 / 129	ForeTee
Original design	Herman Hackbarth	ForeTee
Redesign	Tom Clark and Edmund B. Ault, 1980	ForeTee
Access	Private — members and members’ guests only	ForeTee
Facility	$20M facility completed 2022 (fitness center, coffee shop/bakery, youth/family center); 8 hard + 7 clay tennis courts; 4 pickleball courts; pool pavilion	Club profile via Boardroom Magazine / Career.io
Setting	Eastern edge of historic Pulaski Heights, overlooking the downtown skyline and Arkansas River valley	Club via Cause IQ

Distances (from the Kavanaugh Boulevard core, 5600 Kavanaugh)

• UAMS Medical Center: ~1.7 miles straight-line (Homes.com places UAMS within a 3-mile radius of the neighborhood).
• Downtown Little Rock (River Market): ~4.3 miles straight-line; Cantrell Road (AR-10) is the direct driving route east.
• Clinton National Airport (LIT): ~10-mile drive per Homes.com (~7.2 miles straight-line).

History in eight facts

1. In 1891 the Pulaski Heights Land Company — Michigan investors led by attorneys H. F. Auten and Edgar Moss — bought 800 acres northwest of Little Rock for $80,000; the first ten blocks were platted in 1892.

2. In 1902 the Country Club of Little Rock was founded — before the suburb was even a town — on a hilltop site that required a streetcar route and a carved road to reach.

3. In 1903 an electric streetcar line was extended up Prospect Avenue (now Kavanaugh Boulevard), and slow growth ended. (1903 is the streetcar year — some sources wrongly give it as the incorporation year.)

4. In 1904 the streetcar company opened Forest Park, a 40-acre amusement park at the end of the line — pool and bathhouse, dance pavilion, merry-go-round, horse racing track. It closed in 1919; its stone entrance columns and wall still stand at Kavanaugh and N. Pierce.

5. On August 1, 1905, Pulaski Heights incorporated — the date given by the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and the neighborhood’s 2009 historical marker (“an incorporated municipality from 1905 until 1916”).

6. On January 4, 1916, Little Rock voters approved annexation by a ten-to-one margin; Pulaski Heights became the city’s Ninth Ward. Cantrell Road is the line between its two halves, The Heights (north) and Hillcrest (south).

7. In 1946 the Heights Theater opened at 5600 Kavanaugh Boulevard (~850 seats; twinned later). It showed movies until 1985, then converted to a retail store.

8. On March 31, 1960, a B-47 bomber from Little Rock Air Force Base exploded over the neighborhood; three of four crew members and two civilians on the ground were killed, and debris damaged numerous houses.

Also on the documented record: the Encyclopedia of Arkansas notes that Pulaski Heights was developed with racially restrictive covenants — lots restricted by race — and that the area remains one of the least racially diverse neighborhoods in Little Rock.

The verified expert for The Heights

Neighborhood Registry checks one realtor per neighborhood directly against the issuing authority. The Heights’ verified realtor is Ashley Watters of eXp Realty — the independently verified real estate agent for The Heights in Little Rock, an eXp ICON Agent (ABR®, MRP®) whose Arkansas license Neighborhood Registry checked against the AREC public record (here’s how license verification works). See the The Heights neighborhood page for the full verified team and open seats, our guide to living in The Heights, and the Registry’s Little Rock coverage.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median home price in The Heights?

$655,000 by Homes.com’s neighborhood data (trailing 12 months, fetched October 18, 2026); the median single-family sale price is $695,029 and the average price per square foot is $268. Homes.com is the only major portal publishing a Heights-specific median.

Which schools serve The Heights?

All Little Rock School District. Elementary assignment splits by exact address — Forest Park Elementary on the north side, Jefferson Elementary in the southern part — both feeding Pulaski Heights Middle School and then Little Rock Central High School. Confirm the specific address with LRSD before buying.

Does The Heights have an HOA?

No mandatory one. There is no neighborhood-wide HOA or POA and no dues figure to publish. The Heights Neighborhood Association is a voluntary civic association; individual condo and townhome complexes inside the neighborhood have their own dues.

How much are property taxes in The Heights?

The total millage is 70.10 mills, applied to an assessed value of 20% of market value — an effective rate of about 1.40%. A home at the $655,000 median assesses at $131,000 and pays about $9,183 a year.

Who is the verified realtor for The Heights?

Ashley Watters of eXp Realty, whose Arkansas real estate license Neighborhood Registry checked directly against the AREC public record.

Sources are named inline throughout; figures are as published by each source on the dates noted, and this page is reviewed against its sources as new data publishes.

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