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%

Colt$710/mo

Typical home $127K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $711/mo · Housing →

Edmondson$800/mo

Typical home $138K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $624/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Edmondson and Colt.

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

ColtEdmondson

Snow a year2″2″

January low32°F 31°F

July high92°F 91°F

Growing season (days)231d 235d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 78th

Outdoors & history

ColtEdmondson

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—0%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos4 18

Famous people born here1 —

Community

ColtEdmondson

Library hours a week—19 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

29 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ColtEdmondson

Colt ↔ Edmondson29 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

ColtEdmondson

People

Population 510Highest 308Lowest

Median age 32.7±5.7Lowest 15% below AR 36.5±25.4Highest 5% below AR

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

Kids under 18 32.4%±5.2Highest AR: 23.1% 26.6%±10.8Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 10.2%±3.4Highest AR: 17.6% 7.5%±11.6Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.7%Highest AR: 25.7% 3.6%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±4.1Highest AR: 5.1% 0%±6Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $22,188±$17kLowest 63% below AR $30,000±$8kHighest 51% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $93,800±$15kLowest 50% below AR $137,500±$106kHighest 27% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $711±$482Highest 25% below AR $624±$27Lowest 34% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $394Lowest 62% below AR $900Highest 13% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 79.6%±28Highest AR: 44.8% 68.4%±32.4Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 46.5%Highest AR: 16% 37.3%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 29.1%Lowest AR: 66.4% 40.4%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Lowest 7 yrs older than AR 1984Highest 3 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 21% below AR 27 minHighest 20% above AR

Work from home 3%±3.2Lowest AR: 8.8% 31.5%±12.6Highest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 3%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Highest 0.32Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Forrest City (26%)Memphis (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EdmondsonFew work in Colt

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.2Highest 12.4Lowest

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.

Colt vs Edmondson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

29 miles apart

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