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%

McGehee$500/mo

Typical home $87K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $784/mo · Housing →

Dumas$630/mo

Typical home $110K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $718/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Dumas and McGehee.

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

McGehee places higher on 13 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

–McGeheeNot graded DDumasSafer than 7% of U.S. towns

Schools

CMcGeheeBetter than 27% of districts in the state C+DumasBetter than 35% of districts in the state

Health

D−McGeheeHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns D−DumasHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

13McGehee

7Dumas

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #79#2 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #70#4 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #21#60 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #50#31 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #43#23 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #27#7 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #93#111 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #102#120

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

McGeheeDumas

Snow a year2″1″

January low—35°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 70th

Outdoors & history

McGeheeDumas

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.1%1.7%

Settled1878 —

National Register places9 5

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here12 —

Community

McGeheeDumas

Library hours a week45 hrs 45 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

18 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

McGeheeDumas

McGehee ↔ Dumas18 miles apart

Who commutes between them

125 McGehee residents work in Dumas (9.4% of its workers)

22 Dumas residents work in McGehee (1.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in McGehee →

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

McGeheeDumas

People

Population 3,666Lowest 3,768Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.8%Highest AR: +3.3% -15%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 36.4±2.8Lowest 5% below AR 41.2±2.8Highest 7% above AR

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

Kids under 18 29.5%±6.2Highest AR: 23.1% 28.2%±4.9Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 11.9%±3.4Lowest AR: 17.6% 22.3%±4.4Highest AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Highest AR: 25.7% 9.3%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±2.3Lowest AR: 5.1% 3.4%±2Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $36,875±$8kHighest 39% below AR $34,787±$8kLowest 43% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $98,800±$11kHighest 47% below AR $84,400±$19kLowest 55% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $784±$75Highest 17% below AR $718±$195Lowest 24% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $582Highest 44% below AR $468Lowest 55% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.1%±8.9Highest AR: 44.8% 44.2%±16.2Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 34%Highest AR: 16% 33.9%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.9%Lowest AR: 66.4% 48.6%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 13 yrs older than AR 1977Highest 10 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 25% below AR 21 minHighest 7% below AR

Work from home 3.4%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8% 1.9%±2.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 33%Lowest 43.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 5.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.03Lowest 1.38Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dumas (9%)Pine Bluff (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 9% work in Dumas2% work in McGehee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 1.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 40.9Lowest 79.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #91 of 113 in AR #102 of 113 in AR

School district MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICTDUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town McGehee High SchoolDumas High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.3Highest 9.1Lowest

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.

McGehee vs Dumas

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

McGehee places higher on 13 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

18 miles apart

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