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%

Hoxie$620/mo

Typical home $110K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50% · or rent about $722/mo · Housing →

DeWitt$760/mo

Typical home $132K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $853/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between DeWitt and Hoxie.

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

DeWitt places higher on 14 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

–HoxieNot graded CDeWittSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−HoxieBetter than 47% of districts in the state B−DeWittBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

D−HoxieHealthier than 1% of U.S. towns DDeWittHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns

6Hoxie

14DeWitt

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #123#23 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #105#6 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #99#1 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #29#112 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #116#53 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #123#74 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #117#73 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #112#70

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

HoxieDeWitt

Snow a year1″1″

January low—33°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—250d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 80th

Outdoors & history

HoxieDeWitt

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0%3.1%

Settled—1854

National Register places—9

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here3 2

Community

HoxieDeWitt

Library hours a week—41 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

123 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HoxieAR DeWittAR

Hoxie ↔ DeWitt123 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

HoxieDeWitt

People

Population 2,618Lowest 2,933Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.5%Highest AR: +3.3% -7.2%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 43±7.4Highest 12% above AR 41.9±3.7Lowest 9% above AR

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

Kids under 18 20.5%±5.8Lowest AR: 23.1% 24.4%±5.3Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 18.9%±4.7Highest AR: 17.6% 18.1%±4.5Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.1%Lowest AR: 25.7% 7.2%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±2.4Highest AR: 5.1% 1.7%±1.7Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $35,268±$3kLowest 42% below AR $47,798±$8kHighest 21% below AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,600±$10kHighest 53% below AR $75,700±$18kLowest 60% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $722±$286Lowest 24% below AR $853±$142Highest 10% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $436Lowest 58% below AR $513Highest 51% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.2%±17.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 59.7%±15.7Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 19%Lowest AR: 16% 25.9%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.8% AR: 66.4% 53.8% AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest 9 yrs older than AR 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 15% above AR 14 minLowest 39% below AR

Work from home 6%±4.2Highest AR: 8.8% 5%±5.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.8%Lowest 41.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.56Lowest 1.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jonesboro (25%)Stuttgart (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeWittFew work in Hoxie

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.3 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.1Lowest 94.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #73 of 113 in AR #38 of 113 in AR

School district HOXIE SCHOOL DISTRICTDEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Hoxie High SchoolDewitt High School

Students per teacherat that high school 5.1Lowest 6.3Highest

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.

Hoxie vs DeWitt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

DeWitt places higher on 14 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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