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%

Centerton$2,000/mo

Typical home $348K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $1,465/mo · Housing →

Bryant$1,490/mo

Typical home $257K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $993/mo · Housing →

The difference: $510 a month, about $6,100 a year, between Centerton and Bryant.

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

Centerton places higher on 13 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

–CentertonNot graded CBryantSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+CentertonBetter than 97% of districts in the state ABryantBetter than 90% of districts in the state

Health

A−CentertonHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns BBryantHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns

13Centerton

5Bryant

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #93#28 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #35#77 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #28#76 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #123#84 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #3#36 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #23#53 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #7#33 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #2#21

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

CentertonBryant

Snow a year10″1″

January low24°F 31°F

July high89°F 93°F

Growing season (days)195d 229d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 59th

Outdoors & history

CentertonBryant

Trails6 mi 3 mi

Conserved land0.2%1.7%

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here—4

Community

CentertonBryant

Library hours a week—51 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

157 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CentertonAR BryantAR

Centerton ↔ Bryant157 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

CentertonBryant

People

Population 21,920Highest 21,504Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +87%Highest AR: +3.3% +23.8%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 32.4±1.6Lowest 16% below AR 35.8±2.5Highest 7% below AR

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

Kids under 18 27.6%±3.2Lowest AR: 23.1% 28.7%±3.6Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 7.2%±1.6Lowest AR: 17.6% 13.5%±1.9Highest AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.2%Highest AR: 25.7% 37.7%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±1.3Highest AR: 5.1% 3.6%±1.3Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $115,713±$5kHighest 90% above AR $83,024±$8kLowest 37% above AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $338,500±$31kHighest 80% above AR $223,200±$13kLowest 19% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,465±$74Highest 55% above AR $993±$54Lowest 5% above AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,031Highest 95% above AR $1,487Lowest 43% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.5%±9.2Lowest AR: 44.8% 27.7%±9Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 5.5%Lowest AR: 16% 5.6%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.6%Lowest AR: 66.4% 71.1%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 2009Highest 22 yrs newer than AR 2000Lowest 13 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 5% above AR 23 minLowest about the AR average

Work from home 17.3%±3.3Highest AR: 8.8% 9.4%±3Lowest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Lowest 10.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.17Lowest 0.95Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (40%)Little Rock (47%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BryantFew work in Centerton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Lowest 1.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 3.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.9Highest 39.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #8 of 113 in AR #14 of 113 in AR

School district BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTDIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES SCHOOL SYSTEM · BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Bentonville West High SchoolBryant High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.5Lowest 16.0Highest

Arkansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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.

Centerton vs Bryant

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $510 more a month in Centerton

Centerton places higher on 13 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

157 miles apart

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