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%

Casa$1,070/mo

Typical home $187K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · or rent about $646/mo · Housing →

Perry$970/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.48% · or rent about $788/mo · Housing →

The difference: $100 a month, about $1,200 a year, between Casa and Perry.

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

CasaPerry

Snow a year3″1″

January low31°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)233d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 82nd

Outdoors & history

CasaPerry

Settled1900 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos5 2

Famous people born here—1

Community

CasaPerry

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

14 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CasaPerry

Casa ↔ Perry14 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

CasaPerry

People

Population 206Lowest 356Highest

Median age 36.5±4.7Lowest 5% below AR 37.3±5Highest 3% below AR

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

Kids under 18 34%±24.5Highest AR: 23.1% 23.3%±8.8Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 5.3%±22.2Lowest AR: 17.6% 19.1%±8.7Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest AR: 25.7% 7.9%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±8.8Highest AR: 5.1% 2%±4.2Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,889±$27kHighest 22% above AR $41,354±$30kLowest 32% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $63,800±$18kLowest 66% below AR $73,300±$29kHighest 61% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $646±$621Lowest 32% below AR $788±$198Highest 17% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $369Highest 65% below AR $351Lowest 66% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.3%±100Highest AR: 44.8% 22.2%±71.3Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 16.5%Lowest AR: 16% 28.7%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.6%Lowest AR: 66.4% 75.9%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 14 yrs older than AR 1970Lowest 17 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 42% above AR 26 minLowest 16% above AR

Work from home 4.4%±9.3Lowest AR: 8.8% 6.9%±5.9Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 35.8 miHighest 25.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.27Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (12%)Little Rock (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in PerryFew work in Casa

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

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 27.8Lowest 52.8Highest

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.

Casa vs Perry

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Where they differ most

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What daily life feels like in each

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