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%

Benton$1,400/mo

Typical home $242K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,072/mo · Housing →

Cabot$1,430/mo

Typical home $249K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $1,110/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Benton places higher on 15 of 23 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−BentonSafer than 17% of U.S. towns CCabotSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

ABentonBetter than 90% of districts in the state ACabotBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

C+BentonHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns C+CabotHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns

15Benton

7Cabot

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #26#88 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 38 towns #11#25 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #18#64 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #87#59 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #68#38 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #94#119 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #72#94 SafestSafety · 106 towns #63#48

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

BentonCabot

Snow a year1″2″

January low31°F 28°F

July high93°F 92°F

Growing season (days)229d 209d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)61st 82nd

Outdoors & history

BentonCabot

Trails2 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.8%0.3%

Settled1833 1873

National Register places16 2

Archive photos19 12

Famous people born here14 5

Community

BentonCabot

Library hours a week51 hrs 49 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

41 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BentonAR CabotAR

Benton ↔ Cabot41 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

BentonCabot

People

Population 36,595Highest 26,960Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +14.1%Highest AR: +3.3% +11.7%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 38.1±2.1Highest about the AR average 34.3±1.9Lowest 11% below AR

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

Kids under 18 23.4%±2Lowest AR: 23.1% 28.2%±2.4Highest AR: 23.1%

Age 65+ 16.1%±1.7Highest AR: 17.6% 13.7%±1.7Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.3%Highest AR: 25.7% 25.9%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±1.1Highest AR: 5.1% 3.4%±1.1Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,876±$5kLowest 20% above AR $75,000±$6kHighest 23% above AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $212,700±$9kHighest 13% above AR $207,300±$11kLowest 10% above AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,072±$42Lowest 13% above AR $1,110±$62Highest 17% above AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,352Highest 30% above AR $1,266Lowest 22% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.2%±8.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 49.2%±9.3Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest AR: 16% 11.2%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.2%Lowest AR: 66.4% 68.8%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Lowest 8 yrs newer than AR 2000Highest 13 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 8% above AR 29 minHighest 27% above AR

Work from home 9.4%±2.4Highest AR: 8.8% 7.8%±2Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.9%Lowest 17.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.75Lowest 0.77Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (40%)Little Rock (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CabotFew work in Benton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 5.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 63.7Highest 44.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #16 of 113 in AR #21 of 113 in AR

School district UA-PTC TECHNICAL CENTER · BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICTCABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Benton High SchoolCabot High School

Students per teacherat that high school 11.0Lowest 17.6Highest

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.

Benton vs Cabot

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Benton places higher on 15 of 23 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

41 miles apart

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