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%

White Hall$810/mo

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

Johnson$2,010/mo

Typical home $347K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,104/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,200 a month, about $14,400 a year, between Johnson and White Hall.

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

Johnson places higher on 11 of 20 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

B−White HallSafer than 50% of U.S. towns CJohnsonSafer than 32% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+White HallBetter than 66% of districts in the state –JohnsonNot graded

Health

C−White HallHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns BJohnsonHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns

8White Hall

11Johnson

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 127 towns #82#8 Most remote workersWork · 126 towns #98#38 Highest graduation rateSchools · 115 towns #17#65 Lowest obesityHealth · 127 towns #64#16 Most activeHealth · 127 towns #56#17 HealthiestHealth · 126 towns #49#16 Fastest growingGrowth · 126 towns #75#50 Most new homesHousing · 118 towns #38#60

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

White HallJohnson

Snow a year3″7″

January low33°F 25°F

July high92°F 89°F

Growing season (days)245d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 51st

Outdoors & history

White HallJohnson

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.4%0.1%

Settled1964 1961

National Register places2 3

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

White HallJohnson

Library hours a week45 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

174 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

White HallAR JohnsonAR

White Hall ↔ Johnson174 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

White HallJohnson

People

Population 5,512Highest 3,656Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1%Lowest AR: +3.3% +7.6%Highest AR: +3.3%

Median age 41.4±6.3Highest 8% above AR 34.4±8.7Lowest 11% below AR

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

Kids under 18 23.6%±5.6Lowest AR: 23.1% 29.6%±8.2Highest AR: 23.1%

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

Age 65+ 14%±3.9Highest AR: 17.6% 6.2%±3.1Lowest AR: 17.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.5%Lowest AR: 25.7% 46.2%Highest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±5.3Highest AR: 5.1% 3.4%±2.8Lowest AR: 5.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,092±$17kLowest 28% above AR $95,844±$13kHighest 58% above AR

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $212,700±$40kLowest 13% above AR $312,900±$64kHighest 66% above AR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $985±$70Lowest 4% above AR $1,104±$278Highest 17% above AR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,569Lowest 51% above AR $2,015Highest 94% above AR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33%±15.3Highest AR: 44.8% 25.8%±15.3Lowest AR: 44.8%

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

Below poverty line 8.6%Highest AR: 16% 2.2%Lowest AR: 16%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.4%Highest AR: 66.4% 44.4%Lowest AR: 66.4%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 3 yrs newer than AR 1999Highest 12 yrs newer than AR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest about the AR average 21 minLowest 9% below AR

Work from home 2.8%±2Lowest AR: 8.8% 8.5%±6Highest AR: 8.8%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.5%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miHighest 6.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88Lowest 1.08Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Pine Bluff (35%)Fayetteville (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JohnsonFew work in White Hall

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Highest 0.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 28.4Lowest 37.5Highest

Schools

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

School district WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT—

High school in town White Hall High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 9.3 —

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.

White Hall vs Johnson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,200 more a month in Johnson

Johnson places higher on 11 of 20 AR lists

What daily life feels like in each

174 miles apart

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