?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Arkansas

Best cities to put your HQ in Arkansas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. 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.Little Rock, AR203k residents

    67/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 44.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,263/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  2. 2.Conway, AR68k residents

    65/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 42.7% · avg. weekly wage: $990/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  3. 3.Fayetteville, AR99k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 49% · avg. weekly wage: $1,174/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  4. 4.North Little Rock, AR65k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 30.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,263/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  5. 5.Cabot, AR27k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9% · avg. weekly wage: $840/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  6. 6.Sherwood, AR33k residents

    56/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 36.3% · avg. weekly wage: $1,263/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  7. 7.Jonesboro, AR80k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 31.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,021/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  8. 8.Benton, AR37k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 28.3% · avg. weekly wage: $934/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  9. 9.Springdale, AR88k residents

    54/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,174/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

  10. 10.Bentonville, AR58k residents

    53/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 55.3% · avg. weekly wage: $1,749/wk · corporate income tax: 4.3%

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 to put your HQ in Arkansas?
Little Rock, AR ranks first with a fit score of 67/100, followed by Conway (65) and Fayetteville (62), using the "Pick an HQ" 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 bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.