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%

Harrison$1,360/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $753/mo · Housing →

Camden$640/mo

Typical home $113K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $768/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,600 a year, between Harrison and Camden.

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

Harrison places higher on 17 of 22 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

CHarrisonSafer than 30% of U.S. towns D−CamdenSafer than 3% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+HarrisonBetter than 95% of districts in the state C−CamdenBetter than 15% of districts in the state

Health

C−HarrisonHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns D−CamdenHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns

17Harrison

5Camden

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #7#110 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #21#89 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #31#103 SafestSafety · 106 towns #42#96 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #72#8 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #5#62 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #48#102 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #13#61

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

HarrisonCamden

Snow a year10″2″

January low28°F 31°F

July high89°F 92°F

Growing season (days)231d 230d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 83rd

Outdoors & history

HarrisonCamden

Trails7 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.1%

Settled1869 1844

National Register places9 32

Archive photos30 30

Famous people born here12 27

Community

HarrisonCamden

Library hours a week49 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

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

185 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HarrisonAR CamdenAR

Harrison ↔ Camden185 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

HarrisonCamden

People

Population 13,350Highest 10,307Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1%Highest AR: +3.3% -12.9%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 40.9±2.8Highest 6% above AR 39.2±3.6Lowest about the AR average

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±2.8Lowest AR: 23.1% 23%±2.9Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 23.4%±2.8Highest AR: 17.6% 20%±2.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.4%Lowest AR: 25.7% 18.5%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.2Lowest AR: 5.1% 3.9%±1.4Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,056±$7kLowest 28% below AR $49,361±$4kHighest 19% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $169,600±$11kHighest 10% below AR $107,400±$20kLowest 43% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $753±$57Lowest 20% below AR $768±$145Highest 19% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $883Highest 15% below AR $543Lowest 48% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±10.8Highest AR: 44.8% 49.3%±12.3Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 14.9%Lowest AR: 16% 20.5%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.8%Lowest AR: 66.4% 59.1%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 6 yrs older than AR 1969Lowest 18 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 29% below AR 21 minHighest 6% below AR

Work from home 6.3%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8% 5.9%±3Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 50.1%Highest 31.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.3 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.00Highest 1.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (3%)El Dorado (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CamdenFew work in Harrison

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.1 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.0Highest 46.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #7 of 113 in AR #110 of 113 in AR

School district NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE SECONDARY CENTER · HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICTCAMDEN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Harrison High SchoolCamden Fairview High School

Students per teacherat that high school 7.1Lowest 9.2Highest

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.

Harrison vs Camden

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Harrison

Harrison places higher on 17 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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