Waldron ranks #15 in Arkansas for cheap rent
Waldron is ranked on 34 lists against the 127 Arkansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Waldron does best on
Each list ranks every AR town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Waldron marked.
Waldron lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Waldron’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AR, the right end is last. Areas where Waldron does best come first.
More year-round than 90% of Arkansas
Not better or worse, just Waldron’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Waldron lands in every AR ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Crossett · 1.2 yrs
#21
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $396/mo
#15
Lowest property tax#1 Brinkley · $393/yr
#19
Rent easiest to afford#1 Malvern · 26.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Nashville · 12.5 min
#38 Health
Healthiest#1 Cave Springs · 90 / 100
#75
Lowest obesity#1 Bentonville · 32%
#33
Fewest smokers#1 Bella Vista · 10%
#74
Most active#1 Cave Springs · 18%
#88
Fewest uninsured#1 Cave Springs · 6%
#109
Lowest depression#1 Hot Springs Village · 20%
#72
Closest to a top hospital#1 Paris · 0.5 mi
#49 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Clarksville · 14.5%
#58
Most trails#1 Horseshoe Bend · 3.7 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 DeWitt · 94.3 / sq mi
#71 
Growth
Fastest growing#1 Cave Springs · +217.8%
#97
Losing population#1 Helena-West Helena · −22.5%
#30 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Rockwell · 16.7%
#114
Most new homes#1 Pea Ridge · 52.9 per 1,000
#113
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Fork · +85.0%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Horseshoe Bend · 19.7 per home
The number on the right is Waldron’s spot. All of Arkansas’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every AR list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.