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Ranked · Buying a home · Arkansas

Best cities for buying a home in Arkansas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Pine Bluff, AR40k residents

    60/100

    median home price: $89,400 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: -1.7%

  2. 2.Hot Springs, AR38k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $165,500 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: -0.1%

  3. 3.Paragould, AR30k residents

    48/100

    median home price: $181,500 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +1.4%

  4. 4.Russellville, AR29k residents

    46/100

    median home price: $172,400 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +2.4%

  5. 5.Benton, AR37k residents

    44/100

    median home price: $212,700 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +2.5%

  6. 6.Texarkana, AR29k residents

    44/100

    median home price: $170,200 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +2.3%

  7. 7.Cabot, AR27k residents

    44/100

    median home price: $207,300 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +3.4%

  8. 8.Fort Smith, AR90k residents

    43/100

    median home price: $178,100 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +3.5%

  9. 9.North Little Rock, AR65k residents

    43/100

    median home price: $178,900 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +2.6%

  10. 10.Sherwood, AR33k residents

    43/100

    median home price: $199,500 · property tax rate: 0.62% · home price yoy: +4.8%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Arkansas?
Pine Bluff, AR ranks first with a fit score of 60/100, followed by Hot Springs (49) and Paragould (48), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.