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

C+RogersSafer than 35% of U.S. towns C−SpringdaleSafer than 16% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−RogersBetter than 78% of districts in the state B−SpringdaleBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

B−RogersHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns C−SpringdaleHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns

18Rogers

5Springdale

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 107 towns #19#71 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #14#57 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #28#70 SafestSafety · 106 towns #30#65 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #22#60 Best schoolsSchools · 113 towns #19#53 Fewest smokersHealth · 127 towns #7#41 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #15#48

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Rogers

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%

Rogers$2,180/mo

Typical home $386K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $1,270/mo · Housing →

Springdale$1,950/mo

Typical home $342K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $1,071/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Rogers and Springdale.

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

RogersSpringdale

Snow a year10″7″

January low24°F 25°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)195d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 38th

Outdoors & history

RogersSpringdale

Trails12 mi 20 mi

Conserved land2.4%0.6%

Settled1881 1838

National Register places27 13

Archive photos24 18

Famous people born here21 21

Community

RogersSpringdale

Library hours a week66 hrs 64 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

9 miles apart

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

RogersSpringdale

Rogers ↔ Springdale8.8 miles apart

Who commutes between them

3,801 Springdale residents work in Rogers (9.9% of its workers)

3,788 Rogers residents work in Springdale (11.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Springdale →

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

RogersSpringdale

People

Population 72,981Lowest 88,160Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +24.9%Highest AR: +3.3% +20.6%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 34.3±1.4Highest 11% below AR 32.3±0.7Lowest 16% below AR

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

Kids under 18 26.3%±1.4Lowest AR: 23.1% 29.8%±1.4Highest AR: 23.1%

Age 65+ 12%±0.9Highest AR: 17.6% 10.4%±0.8Lowest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 34.4%Highest AR: 25.7% 24.2%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±0.6Highest AR: 5.1% 3.4%±0.6Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $86,728±$4kHighest 43% above AR $69,787±$4kLowest 15% above AR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $308,200±$17kHighest 64% above AR $261,800±$9kLowest 39% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,270±$51Highest 34% above AR $1,071±$35Lowest 13% above AR

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,565Highest 50% above AR $1,430Lowest 38% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.5%±4.5Lowest AR: 44.8% 38.5%±4.3Highest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 10.5%Lowest AR: 16% 13.4%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.2%Highest AR: 66.4% 53.4%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998Highest 11 yrs newer than AR 1994Lowest 7 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 19% below AR 19 minHighest 14% below AR

Work from home 13.7%±1.8Highest AR: 8.8% 7.6%±1.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

Work in townworking residents 28.2%Lowest 35.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 mi 6.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.35Highest 1.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (24%)Fayetteville (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Springdale10% work in Rogers

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.4%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 12.2 miLowest 19.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 23Highest 15Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.2Highest 48.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #19 of 113 in AR #53 of 113 in AR

School district ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY · LISA ACADEMYLISA ACADEMY · HAAS HALL ACADEMY

High school in town Rogers High SchoolHar-Ber High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.6Highest 13.4Lowest

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.

Rogers vs Springdale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Rogers places higher on 18 of 23 AR lists

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Rogers

What daily life feels like in each

9 miles apart

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