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%

Dumas$630/mo

Typical home $110K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $718/mo · Housing →

McGehee$500/mo

Typical home $87K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $784/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Dumas and McGehee.

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

McGehee places higher on 13 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

DDumasSafer than 7% of U.S. towns –McGeheeNot graded

Schools

C+DumasBetter than 35% of districts in the state CMcGeheeBetter than 27% of districts in the state

Health

D−DumasHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns D−McGeheeHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

7Dumas

13McGehee

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #2#79 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #4#70 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #60#21 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #31#50 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #23#43 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #7#27 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #111#93 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #120#102

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

DumasMcGehee

Snow a year1″2″

January low35°F —

July high92°F —

Growing season (days)245d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 60th

Outdoors & history

DumasMcGehee

Trails0 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.7%1.1%

Settled—1878

National Register places5 9

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here—12

Community

DumasMcGehee

Library hours a week45 hrs 45 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

18 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

DumasMcGehee

Dumas ↔ McGehee18 miles apart

Who commutes between them

125 McGehee residents work in Dumas (9.4% of its workers)

22 Dumas residents work in McGehee (1.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in McGehee →

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

DumasMcGehee

People

Population 3,768Highest 3,666Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -15%Lowest AR: +3.3% -8.8%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 41.2±2.8Highest 7% above AR 36.4±2.8Lowest 5% below AR

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±4.9Lowest AR: 23.1% 29.5%±6.2Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 22.3%±4.4Highest AR: 17.6% 11.9%±3.4Lowest AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.3%Lowest AR: 25.7% 13.6%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±2Highest AR: 5.1% 3.3%±2.3Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $34,787±$8kLowest 43% below AR $36,875±$8kHighest 39% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $84,400±$19kLowest 55% below AR $98,800±$11kHighest 47% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $718±$195Lowest 24% below AR $784±$75Highest 17% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $468Lowest 55% below AR $582Highest 44% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.2%±16.2Lowest AR: 44.8% 58.1%±8.9Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 33.9%Lowest AR: 16% 34%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.6%Highest AR: 66.4% 46.9%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 10 yrs older than AR 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 7% below AR 17 minLowest 25% below AR

Work from home 1.9%±2.4Lowest AR: 8.8% 3.4%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 43.7%Highest 33%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 5.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.38Highest 1.03Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Pine Bluff (5%)Dumas (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in McGehee9% work in Dumas

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.7Highest 40.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #102 of 113 in AR #91 of 113 in AR

School district DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICTMCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Dumas High SchoolMcGehee High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.1Lowest 9.3Highest

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.

Dumas vs McGehee

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

McGehee places higher on 13 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

18 miles apart

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