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 →

Pine Bluff$430/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

13White Hall

8Pine Bluff

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

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

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

Where they are

White Hall and Pine Bluff share a border

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

White HallPine Bluff

White Hall ↔ Pine Bluff6.5 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

White HallPine Bluff

Snow a year3″3″

January low33°F 33°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)245d 245d

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

Outdoors & history

White HallPine Bluff

Trails0 mi 17 mi

Conserved land0.4%3.7%

Settled1964 1839

National Register places2 57

Archive photos2 12

Famous people born here1 —

Community

White HallPine Bluff

Library hours a week45 hrs 45 hrs

Colleges in town—3

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

White HallPine Bluff

People

Population 5,512Lowest 39,743Highest

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

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

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 23.6%±5.6Highest AR: 23.1% 22.3%±1.4Lowest 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+ 14%±3.9Lowest AR: 17.6% 16.7%±1.4Highest 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+ 36.5%Highest AR: 25.7% 20.2%Lowest AR: 25.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±5.3Highest AR: 5.1% 6.3%±0.8Lowest 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 $78,092±$17kHighest 28% above AR $42,718±$3kLowest 30% below AR

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33%±15.3Lowest AR: 44.8% 46.9%±5.9Highest 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 8.6%Lowest AR: 16% 24%Highest AR: 16%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 2.8%±2Lowest AR: 8.8% 4.2%±1.4Highest 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 12.5%Lowest 48.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miHighest 6.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 35% work in Pine Bluff3% work in White Hall

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 3.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 14Highest

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

Schools

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

School district WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICTPINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT · FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS

High school in town White Hall High SchoolPine Bluff High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.3Lowest 14.1Highest

Arkansas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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 Pine Bluff

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

White Hall and Pine Bluff share a border

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