A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ashdown$910/mo

Typical home $162K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $683/mo · Housing →

Sheridan$1,300/mo

Typical home $229K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Sheridan and Ashdown.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Sheridan places higher on 13 of 21 AR lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Arkansas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−AshdownSafer than 16% of U.S. towns C+SheridanSafer than 35% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+AshdownBetter than 41% of districts in the state BSheridanBetter than 59% of districts in the state

Health

DAshdownHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns C+SheridanHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

8Ashdown

13Sheridan

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #100#37 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #98#33 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #95#38 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #56#109 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #104#53 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #88#37 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #88#39 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #23#72

Left end = #1 in Arkansas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ashdown’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AshdownSheridan

Snow a year2″3″

January low32°F 29°F

July high93°F 92°F

Growing season (days)233d 218d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 54th

Outdoors & history

AshdownSheridan

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0%0.5%

Settled1892 1870

National Register places7 8

Archive photos6 24

Famous people born here5 5

Community

AshdownSheridan

Library hours a week30 hrs 34 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

106 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AshdownAR SheridanAR

Ashdown ↔ Sheridan106 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Arkansas average

AshdownSheridan

People

Population 4,164Lowest 5,165Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.8%Lowest AR: +3.3% +6.9%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 35.6±2Lowest 8% below AR 37.4±3.9Highest about the AR average

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.9%±4.2Lowest AR: 23.1% 27.2%±4.9Highest AR: 23.1%

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.5%±4.5Highest AR: 17.6% 18.4%±3.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

Ashdown and Sheridan are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.8%Highest AR: 25.7% 23.1%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±2.4Lowest AR: 5.1% 3.9%±2.4Highest AR: 5.1%

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,625±$26kLowest 8% below AR $62,453±$6kHighest about the AR average

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $139,800±$21kLowest 26% below AR $187,700±$11kHighest about the AR average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $683±$198Lowest 28% below AR $780±$92Highest 18% below AR

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $592Lowest 43% below AR $999Highest 4% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.3%±19Lowest AR: 44.8% 72.1%±13.7Highest AR: 44.8%

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 20.8%Highest AR: 16% 19.9%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.6%Highest AR: 66.4% 66.1%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 10 yrs older than AR 1989Highest 2 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 54% above AR 27 minLowest 21% above AR

Work from home 3.8%±4.4Lowest AR: 8.8% 8.4%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8%

Sheridan and Ashdown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 21%Lowest 23.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.80Lowest 1.27Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Texarkana (13%)Little Rock (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SheridanFew work in Ashdown

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.5 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.4Highest 25.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #82 of 113 in AR #60 of 113 in AR

School district ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICTSHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Ashdown High SchoolSheridan High School

Students per teacherat that high school 7.0Lowest 9.0Highest

Arkansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ashdown vs Sheridan

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Sheridan

Sheridan places higher on 13 of 21 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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