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%

Mayflower$1,270/mo

Typical home $223K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $1,251/mo · Housing →

Paris$900/mo

Typical home $157K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $641/mo · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,500 a year, between Mayflower and Paris.

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

Paris 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

DMayflowerSafer than 11% of U.S. towns DParisSafer than 7% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−MayflowerBetter than 52% of districts in the state B+ParisBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

DMayflowerHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns C−ParisHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

6Mayflower

13Paris

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #113#9 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #25#76 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #105#45 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #98#33 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #102#42 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #29#84 Most affordableCost of living · 127 towns #85#33 Highest incomeIncome · 127 towns #23#71

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

MayflowerParis

Snow a year1″2″

January low—29°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—223d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 55th

Outdoors & history

MayflowerParis

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.1%1.2%

Settled—1874

National Register places—13

Community

MayflowerParis

Library hours a week41 hrs 42 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

77 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MayflowerAR ParisAR

Mayflower ↔ Paris77 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

MayflowerParis

People

Population 2,861Lowest 3,284Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.2%Lowest AR: +3.3% -10.1%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 42.4±5.8Lowest 10% above AR 43.8±5.4Highest 14% above AR

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

Kids under 18 21.7%±5.1Highest AR: 23.1% 16%±4.7Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 18.2%±3.6Lowest AR: 17.6% 22.6%±5.1Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.5%Highest AR: 25.7% 18.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±3.3Highest AR: 5.1% 3.7%±2.6Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,682±$14kHighest 25% above AR $51,416±$2kLowest 15% below AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $184,600±$45kHighest about the AR average $123,200±$36kLowest 34% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,251±$365Highest 32% above AR $641±$98Lowest 32% below AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,020Highest about the AR average $692Lowest 33% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 12.8%±14.8Lowest AR: 44.8% 49.5%±10.5Highest AR: 44.8%

Below poverty line 5.6%Lowest AR: 16% 18.9%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.6%Highest AR: 66.4% 76.2%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 8 yrs newer than AR 1970Lowest 17 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 min 7% above AR 24 min 7% above AR

Work from home 3.8%±4Highest AR: 8.8% 3.5%±4.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.5%Lowest 24.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.06Lowest 1.34Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (25%)Fort Smith (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ParisFew work in Mayflower

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 1.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 30.9Lowest 55.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #65 of 113 in AR #41 of 113 in AR

School district MAYFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICTPARIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Mayflower High SchoolParis High School

Students per teacherat that high school 10.4Highest 7.8Lowest

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.

Mayflower vs Paris

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Mayflower

Paris places higher on 13 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

77 miles apart

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