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%

Tull$910/mo

Typical home $160K (Census) · tax rate 0.54% · or rent about $614/mo · Housing →

Avoca$1,370/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $900/mo · Housing →

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,500 a year, between Avoca and Tull.

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

TullAvoca

Snow a year1″10″

January low31°F 24°F

July high93°F 89°F

Growing season (days)229d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 49th

Outdoors & history

TullAvoca

Settled—1881

Archive photos—2

Community

TullAvoca

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

159 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TullAR AvocaAR

Tull ↔ Avoca159 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

TullAvoca

People

Population 596Lowest 799Highest

Median age 43.7±8.1Lowest 14% above AR 47±23.9Highest 22% above AR

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

Kids under 18 21%±5.7Lowest AR: 23.1% 22.2%±12.9Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 19.3%±2.7Lowest AR: 17.6% 33.4%±20.8Highest AR: 17.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.4%Lowest AR: 25.7% 22.3%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±1.5Lowest AR: 5.1% 2.6%±1.9Highest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,125±$15kLowest about the AR average $62,273±$21kHighest about the AR average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $160,400±$32kLowest 15% below AR $235,500±$31kHighest 25% above AR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $614±$229Lowest 35% below AR $900±$646Highest 5% below AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $859Lowest 17% below AR $1,623Highest 56% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.7%±51.6Highest AR: 44.8% 10.7%±66.7Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 15.9%Highest AR: 16% 11%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.8%Lowest AR: 66.4% 88.8%Highest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Highest 3 yrs newer than AR 1988Lowest 1 yr newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 43 minHighest 91% above AR 23 minLowest about the AR average

Work from home 7.7%±7.8Lowest AR: 8.8% 8%±4.8Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.02Lowest 0.57Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Rock (20%)Bentonville (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AvocaFew work in Tull

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.8Lowest 19.3Highest

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.

Tull vs Avoca

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Avoca

What daily life feels like in each

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