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 →

Harrison$1,360/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $753/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,600 a year, between Harrison 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

Harrison places higher on 17 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 CHarrisonSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−CamdenBetter than 15% of districts in the state A+HarrisonBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

D−CamdenHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns C−HarrisonHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

5Camden

17Harrison

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

Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #110#7 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #89#21 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #103#31 SafestSafety · 106 towns #96#42 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #8#72 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #62#5 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #102#48 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #61#13

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

CamdenHarrison

Snow a year2″10″

January low31°F 28°F

July high92°F 89°F

Growing season (days)230d 231d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 57th

Outdoors & history

CamdenHarrison

Trails1 mi 7 mi

Conserved land1.1%1.3%

Settled1844 1869

National Register places32 9

Archive photos30 30

Famous people born here27 12

Community

CamdenHarrison

Library hours a week—49 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

185 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CamdenAR HarrisonAR

Camden ↔ Harrison185 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

CamdenHarrison

People

Population 10,307Lowest 13,350Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.9%Lowest AR: +3.3% +1%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 39.2±3.6Lowest about the AR average 40.9±2.8Highest 6% above AR

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

Kids under 18 23%±2.9Highest AR: 23.1% 20.3%±2.8Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 20%±2.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 23.4%±2.8Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.5%Highest AR: 25.7% 15.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.4Highest AR: 5.1% 3.5%±1.2Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,361±$4kHighest 19% below AR $44,056±$7kLowest 28% below AR

Camden and Harrison 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 $169,600±$11kHighest 10% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $768±$145Highest 19% below AR $753±$57Lowest 20% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $543Lowest 48% below AR $883Highest 15% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.3%±12.3Lowest AR: 44.8% 51.2%±10.8Highest AR: 44.8%

Harrison and Camden 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% 14.9%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.1%Highest AR: 66.4% 54.8%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 18 yrs older than AR 1981Highest 6 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 6% below AR 16 minLowest 29% below AR

Work from home 5.9%±3Lowest AR: 8.8% 6.3%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 31.8%Lowest 50.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miHighest 3.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 2.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town El Dorado (4%)Little Rock (3%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 7.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.5Lowest 79.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #110 of 113 in AR #7 of 113 in AR

School district CAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICTNORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE SECONDARY CENTER · HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Camden Fairview High SchoolHarrison High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.2Highest 7.1Lowest

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.

Camden vs Harrison

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Harrison

Harrison places higher on 17 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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