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%

Edmondson$800/mo

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

Colt$710/mo

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

EdmondsonColt

Snow a year2″2″

January low31°F 32°F

July high91°F 92°F

Growing season (days)235d 231d

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

Outdoors & history

EdmondsonColt

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0%—

National Register places—1

Archive photos18 4

Famous people born here—1

Community

EdmondsonColt

Library hours a week19 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.

EdmondsonColt

Edmondson ↔ Colt29 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

EdmondsonColt

People

Population 308Lowest 510Highest

Median age 36.5±25.4Highest 5% below AR 32.7±5.7Lowest 15% 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 26.6%±10.8Lowest AR: 23.1% 32.4%±5.2Highest 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+ 7.5%±11.6Lowest AR: 17.6% 10.2%±3.4Highest 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+ 3.6%Lowest AR: 25.7% 12.7%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6Lowest AR: 5.1% 2.7%±4.1Highest 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 $30,000±$8kHighest 51% below AR $22,188±$17kLowest 63% 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 $137,500±$106kHighest 27% below AR $93,800±$15kLowest 50% 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 $624±$27Lowest 34% below AR $711±$482Highest 25% 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 $900Highest 13% below AR $394Lowest 62% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.4%±32.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 79.6%±28Highest 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 37.3%Lowest AR: 16% 46.5%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 1.1%Lowest 3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ColtFew work in Edmondson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

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

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.

Edmondson vs Colt

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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