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%

Hope$700/mo

Typical home $123K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

Trumann$790/mo

Typical home $137K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $586/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Trumann and Hope.

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

Hope places higher on 13 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

D−HopeSafer than 4% of U.S. towns D−TrumannSafer than 4% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−HopeBetter than 16% of districts in the state CTrumannBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

D−HopeHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns D−TrumannHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

13Hope

9Trumann

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #5#112 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #111#35 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #49#2 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #112#69 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #74#115 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #43#64 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #21#50 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #118#90

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

HopeTrumann

Snow a year2″4″

January low32°F 27°F

July high92°F 90°F

Growing season (days)226d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 86th

Outdoors & history

HopeTrumann

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.1%1.4%

Settled1880 —

National Register places14 2

Archive photos6 26

Famous people born here28 3

Community

HopeTrumann

Library hours a week43 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

223 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HopeAR TrumannAR

Hope ↔ Trumann223 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

HopeTrumann

People

Population 8,671Highest 7,410Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.3%Lowest AR: +3.3% +2.2%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 41.3±3.7Highest 7% above AR 37.8±5.5Lowest about the AR average

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±4Lowest AR: 23.1% 25.8%±3.4Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 19.4%±3Highest AR: 17.6% 16.4%±3.3Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.2%Highest AR: 25.7% 11.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±2.2Highest AR: 5.1% 2.9%±1.6Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $37,500±$6kLowest 38% below AR $38,881±$9kHighest 36% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $91,900±$6kLowest 51% below AR $112,300±$21kHighest 40% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $823±$61Highest 13% below AR $586±$191Lowest 38% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $541Lowest 48% below AR $730Highest 30% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.9%±18Highest AR: 44.8% 52.3%±13.9Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 23.4%Lowest AR: 16% 25.4%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.4%Highest AR: 66.4% 51.7%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976 11 yrs older than AR 1976 11 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 14% below AR 21 minHighest 8% below AR

Work from home 2.3%±2Lowest AR: 8.8% 3.8%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 28.7%Highest 15.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.11Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Prescott (4%)Jonesboro (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TrumannFew work in Hope

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.6 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.0Highest 56.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #104 of 113 in AR #81 of 113 in AR

School district UA HOPE TEXARKANA TECHNICAL CENTER · HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICTTRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Hope High SchoolTrumann High School

Students per teacherat that high school 6.6Lowest 13.2Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Hope vs Trumann

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Hope places higher on 13 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

223 miles apart

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