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%

Beebe$1,190/mo

Typical home $214K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $799/mo · Housing →

Camden$640/mo

Typical home $113K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $768/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Beebe and Camden.

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

Beebe places higher on 12 of 22 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−BeebeSafer than 16% of U.S. towns D−CamdenSafer than 3% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BeebeBetter than 53% of districts in the state C−CamdenBetter than 15% of districts in the state

Health

CBeebeHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns D−CamdenHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns

12Beebe

10Camden

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #20#103 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #29#116 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #94#8 Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #43#110 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #95#29 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #44#107 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #40#102 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #45#102

Left end = #1 in Arkansas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Beebe’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

BeebeCamden

Snow a year2″2″

January low28°F 31°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)209d 230d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 83rd

Outdoors & history

BeebeCamden

Trails3 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.5%1.1%

Settled1875 1844

National Register places16 32

Archive photos12 30

Famous people born here2 27

Community

BeebeCamden

Library hours a week36 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

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

117 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BeebeAR CamdenAR

Beebe ↔ Camden117 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

BeebeCamden

People

Population 8,707Lowest 10,307Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.3%Highest AR: +3.3% -12.9%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 38.2±5Lowest about the AR average 39.2±3.6Highest about the AR average

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±6.3Highest AR: 23.1% 23%±2.9Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 12.8%±3.2Lowest AR: 17.6% 20%±2.9Highest AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.4%Lowest AR: 25.7% 18.5%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.5Highest AR: 5.1% 3.9%±1.4Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $59,476±$10kHighest about the AR average $49,361±$4kLowest 19% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $158,200±$18kHighest 16% below AR $107,400±$20kLowest 43% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $799±$161Highest 16% below AR $768±$145Lowest 19% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $643Highest 38% below AR $543Lowest 48% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.4%±12.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 49.3%±12.3Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 15.1%Lowest AR: 16% 20.5%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.1%Highest AR: 66.4% 59.1%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 12 yrs newer than AR 1969Lowest 18 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 8% above AR 21 minLowest 6% below AR

Work from home 4.3%±2.9Lowest AR: 8.8% 5.9%±3Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.7%Lowest 31.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.80Lowest 1.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (17%)El Dorado (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CamdenFew work in Beebe

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 1.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.8 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.0Lowest 46.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #43 of 113 in AR #110 of 113 in AR

School district BEEBE SCHOOL DISTRICTCAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Beebe High SchoolCamden Fairview High School

Students per teacherat that high school 8.3Lowest 9.2Highest

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.

Beebe vs Camden

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Beebe

Beebe places higher on 12 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

117 miles apart

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