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 →

Tull$910/mo

Typical home $160K (Census) · tax rate 0.54% · or rent about $614/mo · Housing →

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,500 a year, between Avoca and Tull.

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.

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

AvocaTull

Snow a year10″1″

January low24°F 31°F

July high89°F 93°F

Growing season (days)195d 229d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 70th

Outdoors & history

AvocaTull

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Community

AvocaTull

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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

159 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AvocaAR TullAR

Avoca ↔ Tull159 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

AvocaTull

People

Population 799Highest 596Lowest

Median age 47±23.9Highest 22% above AR 43.7±8.1Lowest 14% above AR

Avoca and Tull 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% 21%±5.7Lowest AR: 23.1%

Avoca and Tull 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% 19.3%±2.7Lowest AR: 17.6%

Avoca and Tull 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% 15.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.9Highest AR: 5.1% 1.7%±1.5Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,273±$21kHighest about the AR average $61,125±$15kLowest about the AR average

Avoca and Tull 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±$32kLowest 15% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $900±$646Highest 5% below AR $614±$229Lowest 35% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,623Highest 56% above AR $859Lowest 17% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 10.7%±66.7Lowest AR: 44.8% 35.7%±51.6Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 11%Lowest AR: 16% 15.9%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.8%Highest AR: 66.4% 84.8%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Lowest 1 yr newer than AR 1990Highest 3 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the AR average 43 minHighest 91% above AR

Work from home 8%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8% 7.7%±7.8Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.02Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (26%)Little Rock (20%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.6 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 7.8Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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 Tull

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Avoca

What daily life feels like in each

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