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%

Elkins$1,640/mo

Typical home $287K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $1,431/mo · Housing →

Haskell$1,210/mo

Typical home $209K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $1,151/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Elkins and Haskell.

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

Elkins places higher on 10 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

C+ElkinsSafer than 44% of U.S. towns –HaskellNot graded

Schools

AElkinsBetter than 88% of districts in the state B+HaskellBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

B+ElkinsHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns B−HaskellHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns

10Elkins

8Haskell

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #13#81 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #26#76 Most affordableCost of living · 127 towns #97#55 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #25#66 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #2#29 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #12#41 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #13#39 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #8#28

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

ElkinsHaskell

Snow a year7″1″

January low25°F 31°F

July high89°F 93°F

Growing season (days)188d 229d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 66th

Outdoors & history

ElkinsHaskell

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0.3%—

Settled1964 —

National Register places3 —

Archive photos9 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

ElkinsHaskell

Library hours a week52 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

130 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ElkinsAR HaskellAR

Elkins ↔ Haskell130 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

ElkinsHaskell

People

Population 3,808Lowest 4,100Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +36%Highest AR: +3.3% -0.9%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 33.8±3.9Lowest 12% below AR 37.6±6.9Highest about the AR average

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

Kids under 18 26.9%±5.6Highest AR: 23.1% 22.9%±5.9Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±4.2Highest AR: 17.6% 13.1%±3.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.7%Lowest AR: 25.7% 22.8%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±1.3Highest AR: 5.1% 0.9%±0.9Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,789±$16kLowest 35% above AR $85,758±$27kHighest 41% above AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $212,500±$22kHighest 13% above AR $160,600±$8kLowest 15% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,431±$138Highest 51% above AR $1,151±$578Lowest 22% above AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,220Highest 17% above AR $1,038Lowest about the AR average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25%±24.2Highest AR: 44.8% 13.4%±15.2Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 6.5%Lowest AR: 16% 7.6%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.3%Highest AR: 66.4% 82.2%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 17 yrs newer than AR 2001Lowest 14 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 16% above AR 24 minLowest 6% above AR

Work from home 10.8%±5.8Highest AR: 8.8% 5.8%±4.9Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.9%Highest 4.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Lowest 0.52Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fayetteville (41%)Little Rock (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HaskellFew work in Elkins

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3% 0.3%

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.8Highest 30.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #48 of 113 in AR #44 of 113 in AR

School district ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICTHARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline)

High school in town Elkins High SchoolHarmony Grove High School

Students per teacherat that high school 8.3Highest 6.1Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

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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.

Elkins vs Haskell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Elkins

Elkins places higher on 10 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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