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%

Pine Bluff$430/mo

Typical home $73K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $855/mo · Housing →

White Hall$810/mo

Typical home $138K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $985/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,600 a year, between White Hall and Pine Bluff.

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

White Hall places higher on 13 of 21 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

D−Pine BluffSafer than 1% of U.S. towns B−White HallSafer than 50% of U.S. towns

Schools

D−Pine BluffBetter than 3% of districts in the state B+White HallBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

D−Pine BluffHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns C−White HallHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

8Pine Bluff

13White Hall

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #115#17 SafestSafety · 106 towns #104#22 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #11#106 Most affordableCost of living · 127 towns #10#99 Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #15#86 Highest incomeIncome · 127 towns #104#21 Lowest property taxCost of living · 127 towns #30#112 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #96#38

Left end = #1 in Arkansas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Pine Bluff’s rankings →

Where they are

Pine Bluff and White Hall share a border

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

Pine BluffWhite Hall

Pine Bluff ↔ White Hall6.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

784 White Hall residents work in Pine Bluff (35.4% of its workers)

447 Pine Bluff residents work in White Hall (3% of its workers)

Work & commute in White Hall →

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

Pine BluffWhite Hall

Snow a year3″3″

January low33°F 33°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)245d 245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)61st 45th

Outdoors & history

Pine BluffWhite Hall

Trails17 mi 0 mi

Conserved land3.7%0.4%

Settled1839 1964

National Register places57 2

Archive photos12 2

Famous people born here—1

Community

Pine BluffWhite Hall

Library hours a week45 hrs 45 hrs

Colleges in town3 —

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.

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

Pine BluffWhite Hall

People

Population 39,743Highest 5,512Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -16%Lowest AR: +3.3% +1%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 37.5±1.4Lowest about the AR average 41.4±6.3Highest 8% above AR

White Hall and Pine Bluff are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.3%±1.4Lowest AR: 23.1% 23.6%±5.6Highest AR: 23.1%

White Hall and Pine Bluff are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.7%±1.4Highest AR: 17.6% 14%±3.9Lowest AR: 17.6%

Pine Bluff and White Hall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.2%Lowest AR: 25.7% 36.5%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±0.8Lowest AR: 5.1% 7.3%±5.3Highest AR: 5.1%

White Hall and Pine Bluff are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $42,718±$3kLowest 30% below AR $78,092±$17kHighest 28% above AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $89,400±$8kLowest 52% below AR $212,700±$40kHighest 13% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $855±$38Lowest 10% below AR $985±$70Highest 4% above AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $599Lowest 42% below AR $1,569Highest 51% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.9%±5.9Highest AR: 44.8% 33%±15.3Lowest AR: 44.8%

Pine Bluff and White Hall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 24%Highest AR: 16% 8.6%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 51.6%Lowest AR: 66.4% 54.4%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 15 yrs older than AR 1990Highest 3 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 14% below AR 22 minHighest about the AR average

Work from home 4.2%±1.4Highest AR: 8.8% 2.8%±2Lowest AR: 8.8%

Pine Bluff and White Hall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 48.2%Highest 12.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miLowest 8.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.19Highest 0.88Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (13%)Pine Bluff (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in White Hall35% work in Pine Bluff

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.2Highest 28.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #105 of 113 in AR #55 of 113 in AR

School district PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT · FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSASWHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Pine Bluff High SchoolWhite Hall High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Highest 9.3Lowest

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.

Pine Bluff vs White Hall

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $390 more a month in White Hall

White Hall places higher on 13 of 21 AR lists

Pine Bluff and White Hall share a border

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