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%

Lonoke$1,240/mo

Typical home $205K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

Corning$600/mo

Typical home $106K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $704/mo · Housing →

The difference: $640 a month, about $7,600 a year, between Lonoke and Corning.

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

Corning places higher on 12 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

DLonokeSafer than 10% of U.S. towns BCorningSafer than 59% of U.S. towns

Schools

CLonokeBetter than 32% of districts in the state B−CorningBetter than 54% of districts in the state

Health

DLonokeHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns DCorningHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns

8Lonoke

12Corning

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #23#112 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #43#122 SafestSafety · 106 towns #78#14 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #78#5 Most educatedPeople · 127 towns #107#51 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #48#97 Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #78#46 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #58#89

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

LonokeCorning

Snow a year3″5″

January low31°F 28°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)235d 224d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 82nd

Outdoors & history

LonokeCorning

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.5%

Settled1872 1877

National Register places19 3

Archive photos11 12

Famous people born here14 1

Community

LonokeCorning

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

135 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LonokeAR CorningAR

Lonoke ↔ Corning135 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

LonokeCorning

People

Population 4,267Highest 3,134Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.7%Highest AR: +3.3% -4.4%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 43.1±5.7Highest 12% above AR 42.2±4.4Lowest 10% above AR

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

Kids under 18 21.6%±6.2Highest AR: 23.1% 20.9%±4.6Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 19.2%±4.1Lowest AR: 17.6% 24.2%±6.6Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.9%Lowest AR: 25.7% 22.3%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.2%±1.1Lowest AR: 5.1% 1.6%±1.5Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,524±$3kLowest 22% below AR $50,408±$13kHighest 17% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $106,800±$32kHighest 43% below AR $89,500±$10kLowest 52% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $757±$252Highest 20% below AR $704±$49Lowest 26% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,013Highest about the AR average $437Lowest 58% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.8%±10.4Lowest AR: 44.8% 36.4%±13.8Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 18.2%Highest AR: 16% 14.8%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.8%Highest AR: 66.4% 73.8%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 4 yrs older than AR 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 4% above AR 21 minLowest 7% below AR

Work from home 4.4%±3.3Lowest AR: 8.8% 5.1%±6.1Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.2%Lowest 26.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 23.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.06Highest 0.70Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (25%)Paragould (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CorningFew work in Lonoke

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.8Lowest 77.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #78 of 113 in AR #46 of 113 in AR

School district LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICTCORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Lonoke High SchoolCorning High School

Students per teacherat that high school 8.6Highest 6.0Lowest

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.

Lonoke vs Corning

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $640 more a month in Lonoke

Corning places higher on 12 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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