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%

Buckner$630/mo

Typical home $93K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Huttig$270/mo

Typical home $46K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $660/mo · Housing →

The difference: $360 a month, about $4,300 a year, between Buckner and Huttig.

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

BucknerHuttig

Snow a year2″0″

January low33°F 34°F

July high93°F 95°F

Growing season (days)238d 238d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)93rd 76th

Outdoors & history

BucknerHuttig

Archive photos1 1

Famous people born here1 2

Community

BucknerHuttig

Library hours a week—13 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

76 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BucknerAR HuttigAR

Buckner ↔ Huttig76 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

BucknerHuttig

People

Population 284Lowest 401Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -25% AR: +3.3%

Median age 55±20.4Lowest 43% above AR 57.6±6.3Highest 50% above AR

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

Kids under 18 17.6%±12.2Highest AR: 23.1% 9.7%±13.9Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 6.3%±11.8Lowest AR: 17.6% 21.7%±9.2Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.3%Highest AR: 25.7% 5.8%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±6.8Highest AR: 5.1% 0%±4.6Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $95,729±$69kHighest 58% above AR $55,000±$30kLowest 9% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $46,200±$28k 75% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $660±$383 30% below AR

Property taxmedian, yearly — $300 71% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest AR: 44.8% 25%±100Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 17.6%Highest AR: 16% 15%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.7%Highest AR: 66.4% 87.3%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 15 yrs older than AR 1973Highest 14 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest about the AR average 42 minHighest 88% above AR

Work from home 1.7%±3.4Lowest AR: 8.8% 8.3%±8.6Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 8.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 30.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.13Lowest 1.90Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lewisville (8%)El Dorado (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HuttigFew work in Buckner

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 4.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.1Highest 18.6Lowest

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.

Buckner vs Huttig

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $360 more a month in Buckner

What daily life feels like in each

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