{
    "name": "Midtown \u2014 neighborhood facts",
    "neighborhood": "Midtown",
    "city": "Little Rock",
    "hood_id": 19973,
    "neighborhood_url": "https://neighborhoodregistry.com/arkansas/little-rock/midtown-4/",
    "generated": "2026-10-24T21:28:18+00:00",
    "publisher": "Neighborhood Registry",
    "license_note": "Compiled by Neighborhood Registry from public sources; each fact carries its source and verification date. Facts are free to use with attribution to Neighborhood Registry.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "predicate": "amenities_note",
            "value": "The core's anchor institutions sit on the corridors themselves: UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205 \u2014 UAMS describes itself as \"located in the heart of Little Rock at 4301 W. Markham\" and \"easily accessible from Interstate 630\" \u2014 and, just south of the UAMS campus, the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA Central Arkansas Health Care), 4300 West 7th Street, Little Rock, AR 72205. UA Little Rock anchors the south end of the University Avenue corridor at 2801 South University Avenue (72204).",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)",
            "source_url": "https://aging.uams.edu/about-us/directions/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "appraisal_assessor",
            "value": "Pulaski County Assessor \u2014 the county assessor's office for Pulaski County, the county that contains Little Rock and its municipalities, school districts, and taxing authorities. County assessment is the step the millage above is applied to: property is assessed at 20% of appraised value before the millage rate is applied (see property_tax_rate).",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Pulaski County Assessor",
            "source_url": "https://pulaskicountyassessor.net/about/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "city",
            "value": "City of Little Rock, Arkansas \u2014 the core area is inside the City of Little Rock; the City's own releases describe the War Memorial Park / Markham Street area as \"midtown Little Rock.\"",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "City of Little Rock",
            "source_url": "https://www.littlerock.gov/news/war-memorial-park-streetscape-to-receive-improvements-safety-upgrades/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "county",
            "value": "Pulaski County, Arkansas. The Pulaski County Assessor's office states Pulaski County is Arkansas's most populous county and is home to the state capital, Little Rock, along with its municipalities, school districts, and taxing authorities.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Pulaski County Assessor",
            "source_url": "https://pulaskicountyassessor.net/about/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "faq",
            "value": "[{\"q\":\"What is Midtown in Little Rock, and where is it?\",\"a\":\"Midtown is the name used for central Little Rock around the University Avenue and W. Markham Street corridors, near UAMS and the VA hospital. It has no formal boundaries \\u2014 the City of Little Rock itself uses \\\"midtown Little Rock\\\" for the War Memorial Park area along Markham and Monroe streets, and the Registry describes the hood the same way: established mid-century neighborhoods around those two corridors.\",\"source_url\":\"https:\\/\\/www.littlerock.gov\\/news\\/war-memorial-park-streetscape-to-receive-improvements-safety-upgrades\\/\",\"author\":\"\"},{\"q\":\"What schools serve Midtown, Little Rock?\",\"a\":\"Midtown is in the Little Rock School District (LRSD). At the corridor addresses checked in LRSD's own school finder (1412 N Hughes St and 7 Wingate Dr, 2026-10-24), the zoned schools are McDermott Elementary (per the district's published 2025-26 elementary zone map), J.A. Fair K-8 Preparatory Academy and Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Hall STEAM Magnet High School is in the area but is a magnet school \\u2014 it is not the zoned high school for those addresses. Zones vary by address across the corridor \\u2014 confirm a specific address with LRSD's school finder.\",\"source_url\":\"https:\\/\\/www.lrsd.org\\/o\\/lrsd\\/page\\/attendance-zone-maps\",\"author\":\"\"},{\"q\":\"What are property taxes like in Midtown, Little Rock?\",\"a\":\"A Midtown home is a City of Little Rock home in the Little Rock School District, taxed at 70.0 total mills in the Arkansas DFA 2024 Millage Report (2025 collections): 46.4 school + 15.1 city + 8.5 county. Arkansas assesses at 20% of appraised value, so the effective rate is about 1.40% \\u2014 roughly $2,800 a year on a $200,000 home. (The City of Little Rock Finance table lists 70.50 mills \\/ 1.41%; see the millage conflict note in the fact rows.)\",\"source_url\":\"https:\\/\\/www.dfa.arkansas.gov\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2024-millage-2025-collections.pdf\",\"author\":\"\"},{\"q\":\"Who provides water and sewer service in Midtown, Little Rock?\",\"a\":\"Sewer: the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA), which states it is \\\"the sanitary sewer service provider for the city of Little Rock,\\\" serving 72,000+ homes and businesses through 1,400+ miles of public sewers. Water: Central Arkansas Water (CAW), the public metropolitan water provider for Greater Little Rock \\u2014 see the water_service fact row above, sourced to CAW's own site.\",\"source_url\":\"https:\\/\\/lrwra.com\\/about-us\\/what-we-do-and-why\\/\",\"author\":\"\"}]",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Sourced neighborhood Q&A",
            "source_url": "",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "millage_rate",
            "value": "70.0 total mills for a City of Little Rock home in the Little Rock School District, per the Arkansas DFA 2024 Millage Report (2025 collections), Pulaski County table: LRSD school total 46.4 + City of Little Rock total 15.1 + Pulaski County total 8.5 = 70.0 mills. CONFLICT NOTE: the City of Little Rock Finance millage table lists 70.50 mills / 1.41% \u2014 a 0.5-mill difference; the DFA 2024 figure is used here because the City's own Oct 6, 2025 annual levy ordinance fixes the city levies at 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3.8 + 1.3 = 15.1 mills, exactly the DFA city total (the city Finance table's older capital-improvements figure accounts for the gap).",
            "unit": "mills",
            "source_name": "Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration \u2014 2024 Millage Report (2025 Collections)",
            "source_url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024-millage-2025-collections.pdf",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "millage_school",
            "value": "46.4 mills \u2014 the Little Rock School District school levy, per the Arkansas DFA 2024 Millage Report (2025 collections), Pulaski County school-district breakdown for Little Rock School District (total 46.4).",
            "unit": "mills",
            "source_name": "Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration \u2014 2024 Millage Report (2025 Collections)",
            "source_url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024-millage-2025-collections.pdf",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "property_tax_rate",
            "value": "About 1.40% effective. Math, the exemplar way: Arkansas assesses property at 20% of appraised value; 20% \u00d7 70.0 total mills (0.0700) = 0.0140 = 1.40% of appraised value \u2014 roughly $2,800/year on a $200,000 home ($200,000 \u00d7 20% = $40,000 assessed \u00d7 0.0700 = $2,800). Computed from the DFA 2024 total above; the City of Little Rock Finance table's 70.50-mill figure would give 1.41% / about $2,820 on the same home \u2014 see the conflict note on the millage_rate row.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration \u2014 2024 Millage Report (2025 Collections)",
            "source_url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024-millage-2025-collections.pdf",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "school_district",
            "value": "Little Rock School District (LRSD). Every public school located in the core research area is an LRSD school in the Arkansas Dept. of Education's records (Forest Heights STEM Academy, Pulaski Heights Elementary and Middle, and Little Rock Hall STEAM Magnet High School are all listed under Little Rock School District). Note: the City of Little Rock as a whole also contains a Pulaski County Special School District pocket in the far west of the city (per the DFA millage table) \u2014 that pocket is outside this core scope. Confirm a specific address with LRSD.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Arkansas Dept. of Education \u2014 My School Info / Little Rock School District",
            "source_url": "https://www.lrsd.org/o/lrsd/page/attendance-zone-maps",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "school_elementary",
            "value": "McDermott Elementary School (LRSD) \u2014 the zoned elementary for the sampled Midtown pocket per LRSD's published 2025-26 elementary attendance zone map (provenance: the district's published zone map, read 2026-10-24; the pocket is anchored by the two corridor addresses run in LRSD's finder at Step-0 \u2014 1412 N Hughes St and 7 Wingate Dr). K-8 ambiguity, noted: J.A. Fair K-8 Preparatory Academy's zone also covers this pocket at grade 7 (see school_middle) \u2014 the elementary-age assignment per the zone map is McDermott. Midtown has no formal boundaries and zones vary across the wider corridor \u2014 confirm a specific address with LRSD's school finder.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Little Rock School District \u2014 2025-26 Elementary Attendance Zone Map (published map, read 2026-10-24; via Attendance & Board Member Zone Maps)",
            "source_url": "https://www.lrsd.org/o/lrsd/page/attendance-zone-maps",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "school_high",
            "value": "Little Rock Central High School (LRSD, grades 9\u201312, 1500 Park Street, Little Rock, AR 72202) \u2014 LRSD's own school finder designates Central as the zoned school at grade 10 for both sampled corridor addresses (1412 N Hughes St; 7 Wingate Dr \u2014 finder run at Step-0, 2026-10-24). Little Rock Hall STEAM Magnet High School (6700 H Street, at the core's western side) is a magnet school \u2014 it is NOT the zoned high school for these addresses (an earlier draft's framing implied otherwise; corrected at Step-0). Zones vary across the wider corridor \u2014 confirm a specific address with LRSD's school finder.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Little Rock School District \u2014 School Finder (via Attendance & Board Member Zone Maps), run 2026-10-24",
            "source_url": "https://www.lrsd.org/o/lrsd/page/attendance-zone-maps",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "school_middle",
            "value": "J.A. Fair K-8 Preparatory Academy (LRSD) \u2014 LRSD's own school finder designates J.A. Fair as the zoned school at grade 7 for both sampled corridor addresses (1412 N Hughes St; 7 Wingate Dr \u2014 finder run at Step-0, 2026-10-24). J.A. Fair is a K\u20138 school; its grade-7 zone covers this pocket. CORRECTED at Step-0: an earlier draft named Pulaski Heights Middle School as the zoned middle school for the core \u2014 LRSD's finder does not support that for these addresses and the claim is removed. Zones vary across the wider corridor \u2014 confirm a specific address with LRSD's school finder.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Little Rock School District \u2014 School Finder (via Attendance & Board Member Zone Maps), run 2026-10-24",
            "source_url": "https://www.lrsd.org/o/lrsd/page/attendance-zone-maps",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "sewer_service",
            "value": "Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA) \u2014 sanitary sewer service for Little Rock. LRWRA states: \"As the sanitary sewer service provider for the city of Little Rock, our process serves 72,000+ homes & businesses\" through 1,400+ miles of public sewers to its three treatment facilities.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority",
            "source_url": "https://lrwra.com/about-us/what-we-do-and-why/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "trails_parks",
            "value": "War Memorial Park, on the east side of the core along Markham and Monroe streets, is the core's principal park; the City of Little Rock's Midline page treats War Memorial Park, the District at Midtown, and a University Avenue crossing (\"University Crossing\") as segments of its planned east\u2013west Midline bike/pedestrian corridor, and notes an existing paved I-630 Trail running along I-630 from the western edge of the former Sears development to Mississippi Rd., plus trail networks in Kanis Park and Boyle Park to the south. Midline segments beyond the existing I-630 Trail are a city plan in progress, not a completed trail \u2014 the city page says so.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "City of Little Rock \u2014 Midline",
            "source_url": "https://littlerock.gov/residents/bikeped-little-rock/projects/trails-sidepaths/midline/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "water_service",
            "value": "Central Arkansas Water (CAW) \u2014 the public water utility for Little Rock. CAW states it is \"the metropolitan water service provider for Greater Little Rock-North Little Rock\" and that it is under public ownership; its 2026 Financial Plan lists Little Rock among the communities inside its retail and wholesale service boundaries.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "Central Arkansas Water",
            "source_url": "http://carkw.com/about/history/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "predicate": "zip_codes",
            "value": "72205 covers the core: UAMS at 4301 W. Markham St. and the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital at 4300 West 7th Street both carry Little Rock, AR 72205 addresses. 72204 also covers part of the corridor: the southern University Avenue corridor (UA Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204). ZIP assignment is evidenced here by primary-source addresses inside each ZIP, not by a USPS boundary map \u2014 see Unverified section.",
            "unit": "",
            "source_name": "UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) / UA Little Rock",
            "source_url": "https://aging.uams.edu/about-us/directions/",
            "verified_at": "2026-10-24 00:00:00"
        }
    ]
}