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%

Sheridan$1,300/mo

Typical home $229K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

Ashdown$910/mo

Typical home $162K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $683/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Sheridan and Ashdown.

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

Sheridan 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

C+SheridanSafer than 35% of U.S. towns C−AshdownSafer than 16% of U.S. towns

Schools

BSheridanBetter than 59% of districts in the state C+AshdownBetter than 41% of districts in the state

Health

C+SheridanHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns DAshdownHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

13Sheridan

8Ashdown

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

Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #37#100 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #33#98 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #38#95 Most walkableOutdoors · 127 towns #109#56 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #53#104 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #37#88 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #39#88 Lowest depressionHealth · 127 towns #72#23

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

SheridanAshdown

Snow a year3″2″

January low29°F 32°F

July high92°F 93°F

Growing season (days)218d 233d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 67th

Outdoors & history

SheridanAshdown

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.5%0%

Settled1870 1892

National Register places8 7

Archive photos24 6

Famous people born here5 5

Community

SheridanAshdown

Library hours a week34 hrs 30 hrs

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

106 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SheridanAR AshdownAR

Sheridan ↔ Ashdown106 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

SheridanAshdown

People

Population 5,165Highest 4,164Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.9%Highest AR: +3.3% -9.8%Lowest AR: +3.3%

Median age 37.4±3.9Highest about the AR average 35.6±2Lowest 8% below AR

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

Kids under 18 27.2%±4.9Highest AR: 23.1% 25.9%±4.2Lowest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 18.4%±3.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 19.5%±4.5Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Lowest AR: 25.7% 23.8%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.4Highest AR: 5.1% 3.8%±2.4Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,453±$6kHighest about the AR average $55,625±$26kLowest 8% below AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $187,700±$11kHighest about the AR average $139,800±$21kLowest 26% below AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $780±$92Highest 18% below AR $683±$198Lowest 28% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $999Highest 4% below AR $592Lowest 43% below AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 72.1%±13.7Highest AR: 44.8% 50.3%±19Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 19.9%Lowest AR: 16% 20.8%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.1%Lowest AR: 66.4% 71.6%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Highest 2 yrs newer than AR 1977Lowest 10 yrs older than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 21% above AR 35 minHighest 54% above AR

Work from home 8.4%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8% 3.8%±4.4Lowest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.8%Highest 21%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (23%)Texarkana (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AshdownFew work in Sheridan

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.5Lowest 48.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #60 of 113 in AR #82 of 113 in AR

School district SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICTASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Sheridan High SchoolAshdown High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.0Highest 7.0Lowest

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.

Sheridan vs Ashdown

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Sheridan

Sheridan places higher on 13 of 21 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

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