Damascus is a town in Faulkner County, Arkansas, home to about 348 people across 1.9 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 72039.
Homes sold for a median of $157 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Part is in Damascus, part in Twin Groves
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Damascus. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Frederick W. Smith International Airport (MEM)139 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)45 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Memphis, TN139 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX306 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Damascus; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Damascus had 382 residents in the 2020 census, up 25% since 2000.
It’s the 360th largest of 615 towns in Arkansas by population.
Faulkner County grew from 20,780 residents in 1900 to 123,498 in 2020.
Faulkner County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 28°F. About 50.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Greenbrier, AR weather station (9 miles away).
37,718 jobs at 2,990 businesses in Faulkner County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2022 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Damascus.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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| Pharmacies | 2 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Twin Groves.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.