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%

Corning$600/mo

Typical home $106K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $704/mo · Housing →

Lonoke$1,240/mo

Typical home $205K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,600 a year, between Lonoke and Corning.

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

Corning places higher on 12 of 20 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

BCorningSafer than 59% of U.S. towns DLonokeSafer than 10% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−CorningBetter than 54% of districts in the state CLonokeBetter than 32% of districts in the state

Health

DCorningHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns DLonokeHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

12Corning

8Lonoke

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #112#23 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #122#43 SafestSafety · 106 towns #14#78 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #5#78 Most educatedPeople · 127 towns #51#107 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #97#48 Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #46#78 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #89#58

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

CorningLonoke

Snow a year5″3″

January low28°F 31°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)224d 235d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 70th

Outdoors & history

CorningLonoke

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.5%1.3%

Settled1877 1872

National Register places3 19

Archive photos12 11

Famous people born here1 14

Community

CorningLonoke

Library hours a week41 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

135 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CorningAR LonokeAR

Corning ↔ Lonoke135 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

CorningLonoke

People

Population 3,134Lowest 4,267Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.4%Lowest AR: +3.3% +0.7%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 42.2±4.4Lowest 10% above AR 43.1±5.7Highest 12% above AR

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

Kids under 18 20.9%±4.6Lowest AR: 23.1% 21.6%±6.2Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 24.2%±6.6Highest AR: 17.6% 19.2%±4.1Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.3%Highest AR: 25.7% 12.9%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.6%±1.5Highest AR: 5.1% 1.2%±1.1Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,408±$13kHighest 17% below AR $47,524±$3kLowest 22% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $89,500±$10kLowest 52% below AR $106,800±$32kHighest 43% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $704±$49Lowest 26% below AR $757±$252Highest 20% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $437Lowest 58% below AR $1,013Highest about the AR average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.4%±13.8Highest AR: 44.8% 22.8%±10.4Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 14.8%Lowest AR: 16% 18.2%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.8%Lowest AR: 66.4% 75.8%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR 1983Highest 4 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 7% below AR 24 minHighest 4% above AR

Work from home 5.1%±6.1Highest AR: 8.8% 4.4%±3.3Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 26.3%Highest 16.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 20.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Paragould (13%)Little Rock (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LonokeFew work in Corning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.1Highest 65.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #46 of 113 in AR #78 of 113 in AR

School district CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICTLONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Corning High SchoolLonoke High School

Students per teacherat that high school 6.0Lowest 8.6Highest

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.

Corning vs Lonoke

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Lonoke

Corning places higher on 12 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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