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%

Gravette$2,010/mo

Typical home $361K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.40% · or rent about $1,037/mo · Housing →

Ashdown$910/mo

Typical home $162K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $683/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,110 a month, about $13,300 a year, between Gravette and Ashdown.

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

Gravette places higher on 13 of 21 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

B−GravetteSafer than 48% of U.S. towns C−AshdownSafer than 16% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+GravetteBetter than 69% of districts in the state C+AshdownBetter than 41% of districts in the state

Health

C+GravetteHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns DAshdownHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

13Gravette

7Ashdown

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #9#104 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #101#29 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #90#12 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #27#100 Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #15#82 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #26#98 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #125#56 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #30#95

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

GravetteAshdown

Snow a year13″2″

January low29°F 32°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)204d 233d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 67th

Outdoors & history

GravetteAshdown

Trails5 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Settled1899 1892

National Register places5 7

Archive photos19 6

Famous people born here7 5

Community

GravetteAshdown

Library hours a week41 hrs 30 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

191 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GravetteAR AshdownAR

Gravette ↔ Ashdown191 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

GravetteAshdown

People

Population 3,714Lowest 4,164Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +52.6%Highest AR: +3.3% -9.8%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 32.8±4.8Lowest 15% below AR 35.6±2Highest 8% below AR

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

Kids under 18 26.7%±8Highest AR: 23.1% 25.9%±4.2Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 14.9%±6.6Lowest AR: 17.6% 19.5%±4.5Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.4%Lowest AR: 25.7% 23.8%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±4.2Highest AR: 5.1% 3.8%±2.4Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,214±$8kHighest 12% above AR $55,625±$26kLowest 8% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $216,300±$33kHighest 15% above AR $139,800±$21kLowest 26% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,037±$218Highest 10% above AR $683±$198Lowest 28% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $866Highest 17% below AR $592Lowest 43% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.9%±22.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 50.3%±19Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 5.8%Lowest AR: 16% 20.8%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.3%Lowest AR: 66.4% 71.6%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 6 yrs newer than AR 1977Lowest 10 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 4% below AR 35 minHighest 54% above AR

Work from home 8.2%±5.1Highest AR: 8.8% 3.8%±4.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 10%Lowest 21%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.91Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (24%)Texarkana (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AshdownFew work in Gravette

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 4.5 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.1Lowest 48.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #15 of 113 in AR #82 of 113 in AR

School district GRAVETTE SCHOOL DISTRICTASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Gravette High SchoolAshdown High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.3Highest 7.0Lowest

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.

Gravette vs Ashdown

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,110 more a month in Gravette

Gravette places higher on 13 of 21 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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