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%

Bonanza$790/mo

Typical home $133K (Census) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $945/mo · Housing →

Grannis$530/mo

Typical home $95K (Census) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $571/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Bonanza and Grannis.

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

BonanzaGrannis

Snow a year3″4″

January low30°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)224d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)69th 49th

Outdoors & history

BonanzaGrannis

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Archive photos2 —

Community

BonanzaGrannis

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

69 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BonanzaAR GrannisAR

Bonanza ↔ Grannis69 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

BonanzaGrannis

People

Population 711Highest 691Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.1%Highest AR: +3.3% -10.5%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 29±8.9Highest 25% below AR 28.9±11.6Lowest 25% below AR

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

Kids under 18 37.3%±18.3Highest AR: 23.1% 25.6%±7.3Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 17.3%±8.1Highest AR: 17.6% 8.7%±3.6Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.2%Highest AR: 25.7% 8.1%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.7Lowest AR: 5.1% 2.6%±2.3Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,631±$7kLowest 5% above AR $75,132±$12kHighest 24% above AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $133,300±$69kHighest 29% below AR $94,700±$16kLowest 50% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $945±$33Highest about the AR average $571±$156Lowest 40% below AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,117Highest 7% above AR $387Lowest 63% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22%±44.9Highest AR: 44.8% 8.3%±63.8Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 13.2%Lowest AR: 16% 14.2%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.1%Lowest AR: 66.4% 81.6%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest same as AR 1979Lowest 8 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 12% below AR 21 minHighest 8% below AR

Work from home 3.3%±3.5Highest AR: 8.8% 0%±3.8Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Lowest 7.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 1.98Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Smith (53%)De Queen (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GrannisFew work in Bonanza

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.0Highest 9.8Lowest

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.

Bonanza vs Grannis

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Bonanza

What daily life feels like in each

69 miles apart

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