Ward makes Arkansas’s top 10 on 2 lists
Ward is ranked on 35 lists against the 127 Arkansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 10.
Younger than 96% of Arkansas
Not better or worse, just Ward’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Ward does best on
Each list ranks every AR town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ward marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for low obesity
Lists where Ward sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Ward lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ward’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AR, the right end is last. Areas where Ward does best come first.
Ward out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Ward 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Rockwell · 16.7%
#60
Most new homes#1 Pea Ridge · 52.9 per 1,000
#16
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Fork · +85.0%
#70
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Horseshoe Bend · 19.7 per home
#19 Health
Healthiest#1 Cave Springs · 90 / 100
#26
Lowest obesity#1 Bentonville · 32%
#26
Fewest smokers#1 Bella Vista · 10%
#58
Most active#1 Cave Springs · 18%
#28
Fewest uninsured#1 Cave Springs · 6%
#23
Lowest depression#1 Hot Springs Village · 20%
#123
Closest to a top hospital#1 Paris · 0.5 mi
#52 People
Most educated#1 Bentonville · 55.3%
#53
Youngest#1 Arkadelphia · 23.4
#6
Oldest#1 Hot Springs Village · 69.6
#122
Most residents 65+#1 Hot Springs Village · 60.3%
#122
Most kids#1 Alma · 35.7%
#21 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Clarksville · 14.5%
#62
Most trails#1 Horseshoe Bend · 3.7 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 DeWitt · 94.3 / sq mi
#53 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Crossett · 1.2 yrs
#89
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $396/mo
#111
Lowest property tax#1 Brinkley · $393/yr
#99
Rent easiest to afford#1 Malvern · 26.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Nashville · 12.5 min
#120 
The number on the right is Ward’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.