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%

DeWitt$760/mo

Typical home $132K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $853/mo · Housing →

Hoxie$620/mo

Typical home $110K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $722/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between DeWitt and Hoxie.

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

DeWitt places higher on 14 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

CDeWittSafer than 27% of U.S. towns –HoxieNot graded

Schools

B−DeWittBetter than 47% of districts in the state B−HoxieBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

DDeWittHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns D−HoxieHealthier than 1% of U.S. towns

14DeWitt

6Hoxie

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #23#123 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #6#105 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #1#99 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #112#29 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #53#116 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #74#123 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #73#117 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #70#112

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

DeWittHoxie

Snow a year1″1″

January low33°F —

July high91°F —

Growing season (days)250d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 86th

Outdoors & history

DeWittHoxie

Trails1 mi 5 mi

Conserved land3.1%0%

Settled1854 —

National Register places9 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here2 3

Community

DeWittHoxie

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

123 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeWittAR HoxieAR

DeWitt ↔ Hoxie123 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

DeWittHoxie

People

Population 2,933Highest 2,618Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.2%Lowest AR: +3.3% -6.5%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 41.9±3.7Lowest 9% above AR 43±7.4Highest 12% above AR

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

Kids under 18 24.4%±5.3Highest AR: 23.1% 20.5%±5.8Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 18.1%±4.5Lowest AR: 17.6% 18.9%±4.7Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.2%Highest AR: 25.7% 4.1%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±1.7Lowest AR: 5.1% 4.8%±2.4Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,798±$8kHighest 21% below AR $35,268±$3kLowest 42% below AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $75,700±$18kLowest 60% below AR $87,600±$10kHighest 53% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $853±$142Highest 10% below AR $722±$286Lowest 24% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $513Highest 51% below AR $436Lowest 58% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.7%±15.7Highest AR: 44.8% 44.2%±17.4Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 25.9%Highest AR: 16% 19%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.8% AR: 66.4% 53.8% AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR 1978Highest 9 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 39% below AR 26 minHighest 15% above AR

Work from home 5%±5.4Lowest AR: 8.8% 6%±4.2Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 41.8%Highest 9.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 0.56Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Stuttgart (14%)Jonesboro (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HoxieFew work in DeWitt

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 5.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 94.3Highest 32.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #38 of 113 in AR #73 of 113 in AR

School district DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICTHOXIE SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Dewitt High SchoolHoxie High School

Students per teacherat that high school 6.3Highest 5.1Lowest

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.

DeWitt vs Hoxie

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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DeWitt places higher on 14 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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