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 →

Warren$620/mo

Typical home $108K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $704/mo · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Warren 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

Warren places higher on 11 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 CWarrenSafer than 32% of U.S. towns

Schools

CMcGeheeBetter than 27% of districts in the state CWarrenBetter than 34% of districts in the state

Health

D−McGeheeHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns D−WarrenHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns

9McGehee

11Warren

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #21#83 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #79#29 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #50#96 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #70#32 Cheapest rentCost of living · 126 towns #43#14 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #115#89 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #93#118 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #120#100

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

McGeheeWarren

Snow a year2″2″

January low—32°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—235d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 51st

Outdoors & history

McGeheeWarren

Trails5 mi —

Conserved land1.1%—

Settled1878 1851

National Register places9 13

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here12 —

Community

McGeheeWarren

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

39 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

McGeheeAR WarrenAR

McGehee ↔ Warren39 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

McGeheeWarren

People

Population 3,666Lowest 5,353Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.8%Highest AR: +3.3% -9.2%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 36.4±2.8Lowest 5% below AR 38±1.7Highest about the AR average

Warren 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% 25.3%±4.6Lowest AR: 23.1%

McGehee and Warren 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% 15%±2.6Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Highest AR: 25.7% 12.5%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±2.3Highest AR: 5.1% 3%±1.5Lowest AR: 5.1%

McGehee and Warren 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 $36,788±$9kLowest 39% below AR

McGehee and Warren 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 $76,700±$14kLowest 59% below AR

McGehee and Warren 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 $704±$56Lowest 26% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $582Highest 44% below AR $469Lowest 55% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.1%±8.9Highest AR: 44.8% 56.7%±15Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 34%Highest AR: 16% 22.1%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.9%Lowest AR: 66.4% 52%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974 13 yrs older than AR 1974 13 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 25% below AR 23 minHighest 4% above AR

Work from home 3.4%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8% 0.9%±1.3Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 33%Lowest 37.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.03Lowest 1.21Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dumas (9%)Monticello (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WarrenFew work in McGehee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 40.9Lowest 58.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #91 of 113 in AR #97 of 113 in AR

School district MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICTWARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town McGehee High SchoolWarren High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.3Lowest 10.3Highest

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.

McGehee vs Warren

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Warren places higher on 11 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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