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%

Midway$890/mo

Typical home $160K (Census) · tax rate 0.36% · Housing →

Avoca$1,370/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $900/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,800 a year, between Avoca and Midway.

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

C+MidwayBetter than 36% of districts in the state –AvocaNot graded

Health

DMidwayHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns –AvocaNot graded

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

MidwayAvoca

Snow a year1″10″

January low31°F 24°F

July high94°F 89°F

Growing season (days)225d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd 49th

Outdoors & history

MidwayAvoca

Settled2000 1881

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—2

Community

MidwayAvoca

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

160 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MidwayAR AvocaAR

Midway ↔ Avoca160 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

MidwayAvoca

People

Population 728Lowest 799Highest

Median age 46.1±5.1Lowest 20% above AR 47±23.9Highest 22% above AR

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

Kids under 18 9.3%±5.8Lowest AR: 23.1% 22.2%±12.9Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 19.2%±5.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 33.4%±20.8Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.4%Lowest AR: 25.7% 22.3%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.2%±8.4Highest AR: 5.1% 2.6%±1.9Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $96,250±$36kHighest 58% above AR $62,273±$21kLowest about the AR average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $160,400±$23kLowest 15% below AR $235,500±$31kHighest 25% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $900±$646 5% below AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $582Lowest 44% below AR $1,623Highest 56% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest AR: 44.8% 10.7%±66.7Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 5.2%Lowest AR: 16% 11%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.3%Highest AR: 66.4% 88.8%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 5 yrs newer than AR 1988Lowest 1 yr newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 30% above AR 23 minLowest about the AR average

Work from home 1.3%±1Lowest AR: 8.8% 8%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.59Highest 0.57Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hot Springs (21%)Bentonville (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AvocaFew work in Midway

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.0Lowest 19.3Highest

Schools

School district OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT—

High school in town Ouachita High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 5.3 —

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.

Midway neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Midway vs Avoca

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Avoca

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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