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%

Letona$640/mo

Typical home $114K (Census) · tax rate 0.44% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Lynn$520/mo

Typical home $95K (Census) · tax rate 0.36% · or rent about $691/mo · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Letona and Lynn.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

–LetonaNot graded ALynnBetter than 92% of districts in the state

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

LetonaLynn

Snow a year2″1″

January low30°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)228d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 74th

Outdoors & history

LetonaLynn

National Register places3 —

Community

LetonaLynn

Library hours a week—27 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

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LetonaAR LynnAR

Letona ↔ Lynn55 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

LetonaLynn

People

Population 213Lowest 299Highest

Median age 48.9±11.9Highest 27% above AR 45.8±5.7Lowest 19% above AR

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

Kids under 18 16.9%±9.4Highest AR: 23.1% 14.7%±8.6Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 24.4%±11.3 AR: 17.6% 24.4%±5.7 AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.5%Lowest AR: 25.7% 10%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±6.4Highest AR: 5.1% 0.7%±4.5Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $38,438±$32kLowest 37% below AR $48,889±$7kHighest 20% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $113,900±$9kHighest 39% below AR $94,500±$10kLowest 50% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$452Highest 18% below AR $691±$410Lowest 27% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $503Highest 52% below AR $342Lowest 67% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.3%±100Lowest AR: 44.8% 84.6%±100Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 39%Highest AR: 16% 4.3%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.9%Lowest AR: 66.4% 78.8%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 10 yrs older than AR 1976Lowest 11 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 40% above AR 35 minHighest 55% above AR

Work from home 14.6%±18.3Highest AR: 8.8% 5.7%±6.7Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 25.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.01Lowest 1.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Searcy (36%)Cave City (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LynnFew work in Letona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.3Highest 6.5Lowest

Schools

School district —HILLCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town —None in town

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.

Letona vs Lynn

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