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%

Camden$640/mo

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

Beebe$1,190/mo

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

D−CamdenSafer than 3% of U.S. towns C−BeebeSafer than 16% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

10Camden

12Beebe

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

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

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

CamdenBeebe

Snow a year2″2″

January low31°F 28°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)230d 209d

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

Outdoors & history

CamdenBeebe

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.1%0.5%

Settled1844 1875

National Register places32 16

Archive photos30 12

Famous people born here27 2

Community

CamdenBeebe

Library hours a week—36 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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.

CamdenAR BeebeAR

Camden ↔ Beebe117 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

CamdenBeebe

People

Population 10,307Highest 8,707Lowest

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

Median age 39.2±3.6Highest about the AR average 38.2±5Lowest 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 23%±2.9Lowest AR: 23.1% 25.6%±6.3Highest 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+ 20%±2.9Highest AR: 17.6% 12.8%±3.2Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.4Lowest AR: 5.1% 4.3%±1.5Highest 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 $49,361±$4kLowest 19% below AR $59,476±$10kHighest about the AR average

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

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $768±$145Lowest 19% below AR $799±$161Highest 16% 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 $543Lowest 48% below AR $643Highest 38% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.3%±12.3Highest AR: 44.8% 31.4%±12.4Lowest 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 20.5%Highest AR: 16% 15.1%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.9%±3Highest AR: 8.8% 4.3%±2.9Lowest 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 31.8%Highest 13.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 26.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BeebeFew work in Camden

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

School district CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICTBEEBE SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Camden Fairview High SchoolBeebe High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.2Highest 8.3Lowest

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.

Camden vs Beebe

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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