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%

Conway$1,440/mo

Typical home $251K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · or rent about $1,011/mo · Housing →

Rogers$2,180/mo

Typical home $386K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $1,270/mo · Housing →

The difference: $750 a month, about $9,000 a year, between Rogers and Conway.

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

Rogers places higher on 16 of 23 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

C−ConwaySafer than 15% of U.S. towns C+RogersSafer than 35% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−ConwayBetter than 78% of districts in the state A−RogersBetter than 78% of districts in the state

Health

B−ConwayHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns B−RogersHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

6Conway

16Rogers

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 127 towns #23#109 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #94#23 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #58#6 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #81#32 SafestSafety · 106 towns #70#30 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #59#19 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #48#17 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #64#33

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

ConwayRogers

Snow a year2″10″

January low27°F 24°F

July high92°F 89°F

Growing season (days)215d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 36th

Outdoors & history

ConwayRogers

Trails11 mi 12 mi

Conserved land0.8%2.4%

Settled1872 1881

National Register places35 27

Archive photos24 24

Famous people born here—21

Community

ConwayRogers

Library hours a week55 hrs 66 hrs

Colleges in town3 —

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

128 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ConwayAR RogersAR

Conway ↔ Rogers128 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

ConwayRogers

People

Population 67,642Lowest 72,981Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.9%Lowest AR: +3.3% +24.9%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 30.3±0.6Lowest 21% below AR 34.3±1.4Highest 11% below AR

Kids under 18 20.3%±1.4Lowest AR: 23.1% 26.3%±1.4Highest AR: 23.1%

Age 65+ 11.4%±0.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 12%±0.9Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.7%Highest AR: 25.7% 34.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 15.8%±1.1Highest AR: 5.1% 4.3%±0.6Lowest AR: 5.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,004±$4kLowest 4% above AR $86,728±$4kHighest 43% above AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $252,100±$13kLowest 34% above AR $308,200±$17kHighest 64% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,011±$38Lowest 7% above AR $1,270±$51Highest 34% above AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,467Lowest 41% above AR $1,565Highest 50% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.9%±4.3Highest AR: 44.8% 36.5%±4.5Lowest AR: 44.8%

Below poverty line 16.9%Highest AR: 16% 10.5%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 45.4%Lowest AR: 66.4% 57.2%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998 11 yrs newer than AR 1998 11 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest about the AR average 18 minLowest 19% below AR

Work from home 9.9%±1.6Lowest AR: 8.8% 13.7%±1.8Highest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 41%Highest 28.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 6.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Lowest 1.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (22%)Bentonville (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RogersFew work in Conway

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 2.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.2 miLowest 12.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Lowest 23Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.1Lowest 66.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #24 of 113 in AR #19 of 113 in AR

School district CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICTARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY · LISA ACADEMY

High school in town Conway High SchoolRogers High School

Students per teacherat that high school 17.2Highest 13.6Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Conway neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Conway vs Rogers

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $750 more a month in Rogers

Rogers places higher on 16 of 23 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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