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%

Avoca$1,370/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $900/mo · Housing →

Midway$890/mo

Typical home $160K (Census) · tax rate 0.36% · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,800 a year, between Avoca and Midway.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

–AvocaNot graded C+MidwayBetter than 36% of districts in the state

Health

–AvocaNot graded DMidwayHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

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

AvocaMidway

Snow a year10″1″

January low24°F 31°F

July high89°F 94°F

Growing season (days)195d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 73rd

Outdoors & history

AvocaMidway

National Register places—1

Archive photos2 —

Community

AvocaMidway

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

160 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AvocaAR MidwayAR

Avoca ↔ Midway160 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

AvocaMidway

People

Population 799Highest 728Lowest

Median age 47±23.9Highest 22% above AR 46.1±5.1Lowest 20% above AR

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

Kids under 18 22.2%±12.9Highest AR: 23.1% 9.3%±5.8Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 33.4%±20.8Highest AR: 17.6% 19.2%±5.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.3%Highest AR: 25.7% 17.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.9Lowest AR: 5.1% 8.2%±8.4Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,273±$21kLowest about the AR average $96,250±$36kHighest 58% above AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $235,500±$31kHighest 25% above AR $160,400±$23kLowest 15% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $900±$646 5% below AR —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,623Highest 56% above AR $582Lowest 44% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 10.7%±66.7Highest AR: 44.8% 0%±100Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 11%Highest AR: 16% 5.2%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.8%Lowest AR: 66.4% 96.3%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Lowest 1 yr newer than AR 1992Highest 5 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the AR average 29 minHighest 30% above AR

Work from home 8%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8% 1.3%±1Lowest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Lowest 0.59Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (26%)Hot Springs (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MidwayFew work in Avoca

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 19.3Highest 6.0Lowest

Schools

School district —OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town —Ouachita High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 5.3

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.

Avoca vs Midway

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Avoca

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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