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%

Perry$970/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.48% · or rent about $788/mo · Housing →

Lafe$1,000/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

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

PerryLafe

Snow a year1″3″

January low—28°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—227d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 77th

Outdoors & history

PerryLafe

Settled—1889

National Register places1 —

Archive photos2 2

Famous people born here1 —

Community

PerryLafe

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

152 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PerryAR LafeAR

Perry ↔ Lafe152 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

PerryLafe

People

Population 356Lowest 478Highest

Median age 37.3±5Highest 3% below AR 36.3±9.8Lowest 6% below AR

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

Kids under 18 23.3%±8.8Lowest AR: 23.1% 31.2%±3.3Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 19.1%±8.7Highest AR: 17.6% 16.9%±3.3Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.9%Lowest AR: 25.7% 8.2%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±4.2Highest AR: 5.1% 1.9%±3.3Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $41,354±$30kHighest 32% below AR $36,429±$2kLowest 40% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $73,300±$29kLowest 61% below AR $82,400±$13kHighest 56% below AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $788±$198Highest 17% below AR $775±$229Lowest 18% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $351Lowest 66% below AR $432Highest 58% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±71.3Lowest AR: 44.8% 70.8%±33.9Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 28.7%Lowest AR: 16% 43.4%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.9%Lowest AR: 66.4% 81.4%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 17 yrs older than AR 1987Highest same as AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 16% above AR 22 minLowest about the AR average

Work from home 6.9%±5.9Highest AR: 8.8% 1.8%±2.3Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.8 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (19%)Paragould (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LafeFew work in Perry

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.8Highest 10.4Lowest

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.

Perry vs Lafe

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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