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%

Newport$520/mo

Typical home $93K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $597/mo · Housing →

Trumann$790/mo

Typical home $137K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $586/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Trumann and Newport.

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

Trumann 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

DNewportSafer than 14% of U.S. towns D−TrumannSafer than 4% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−NewportBetter than 16% of districts in the state CTrumannBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

D−NewportHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns D−TrumannHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

6Newport

13Trumann

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

Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #92#35 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #94#39 Shortest commuteGetting around · 127 towns #5#58 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #72#112 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #68#36 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #119#86 Most trailsOutdoors · 89 towns #41#64 Most affordableCost of living · 127 towns #58#26

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

NewportTrumann

Snow a year3″4″

January low30°F 27°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)240d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 86th

Outdoors & history

NewportTrumann

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.7%1.4%

Settled1870 —

National Register places9 2

Archive photos12 26

Famous people born here22 3

Community

NewportTrumann

Library hours a week38 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

40 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NewportAR TrumannAR

Newport ↔ Trumann40 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

NewportTrumann

People

Population 8,024Highest 7,410Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.6%Lowest AR: +3.3% +2.2%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 38.8±1.7Highest about the AR average 37.8±5.5Lowest about the AR average

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

Kids under 18 18%±3Lowest AR: 23.1% 25.8%±3.4Highest AR: 23.1%

Age 65+ 18.5%±3Highest AR: 17.6% 16.4%±3.3Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Highest AR: 25.7% 11.4%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.1Lowest AR: 5.1% 2.9%±1.6Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $34,764±$7kLowest 43% below AR $38,881±$9kHighest 36% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $162,600±$26kHighest 14% below AR $112,300±$21kLowest 40% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $597±$109Highest 37% below AR $586±$191Lowest 38% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $735Highest 29% below AR $730Lowest 30% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.7%±12.1Lowest AR: 44.8% 52.3%±13.9Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 30.4%Highest AR: 16% 25.4%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.1%Highest AR: 66.4% 51.7%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 16 yrs older than AR 1976Highest 11 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 40% below AR 21 minHighest 8% below AR

Work from home 0.8%±1.3Lowest AR: 8.8% 3.8%±2.8Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 33%Highest 15.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.22Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Jonesboro (7%)Jonesboro (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TrumannFew work in Newport

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.2 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6 6

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.6Lowest 56.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #80 of 113 in AR #81 of 113 in AR

School district NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT · ASU NEWPORT SEC CAREER CENTER (IGNITE)TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town The Academies at Newport High SchoolTrumann High School

Students per teacherat that high school 0.0Lowest 13.2Highest

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.

Newport vs Trumann

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Trumann

Trumann places higher on 13 of 22 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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