bigboyz05 1 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Is it Little Rock or the booming metropolis of the northwest, NWA? As for the lowest, I think it's between Texarkana and Pine Bluff. Jonesboro, Fort Smith and Hot Springs I think fall somewhere in between. Do you agree or disagree? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Is it Little Rock or the booming metropolis of the northwest, NWA? As for the lowest, I think it's between Texarkana and Pine Bluff. Jonesboro, Fort Smith and Hot Springs I think fall somewhere in between. Do you agree or disagree? Not sure about the cost of living...but I know this past year, Jonesboro had the highest home prices...as odd as that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Is it Little Rock or the booming metropolis of the northwest, NWA? As for the lowest, I think it's between Texarkana and Pine Bluff. Jonesboro, Fort Smith and Hot Springs I think fall somewhere in between. Do you agree or disagree? Pine Bluff I'm pretty sure has the lowest by far. I know they have some of the cheapest real estate in the nation as far as metros go. I know the housing market here in NWA has gone above a lot of other areas including Dallas in the average price of a home. But overall I would think Little Rock would probably have a higher cost of living overall. I would think NWA would be second. Not sure where the other metros would fall. Not sure about the cost of living...but I know this past year, Jonesboro had the highest home prices...as odd as that is. You sure about Jonesboro? I could see maybe highest increase or something. But I just can't see Jonesboro having higher home prices than Little Rock or NWA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Pine Bluff I'm pretty sure has the lowest by far. I know they have some of the cheapest real estate in the nation as far as metros go. I know the housing market here in NWA has gone above a lot of other areas including Dallas in the average price of a home. But overall I would think Little Rock would probably have a higher cost of living overall. I would think NWA would be second. Not sure where the other metros would fall. You sure about Jonesboro? I could see maybe highest increase or something. But I just can't see Jonesboro having higher home prices than Little Rock or NWA. I'm pretty sure it was highest home prices in the state...I think it was in Arkansas Business. I can't find anything on it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 I'm pretty sure it was highest home prices in the state...I think it was in Arkansas Business. If that's right then that's very interesting. I mean I know Jonesboro seems to be doing pretty well lately. But I guess I never would have thought that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Here's an article a little over a month ago but it looks like it only talks about NWA. http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/130120.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 If that's right then that's very interesting. I mean I knmow Jonesboro seems to be doing pretty well lately. But I guess I never would have thought that. Yeah, I remember being very shocked to hear that. It was probably just for a short period of time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Another article but once again mainly talking about NWA. http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/130482.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Here's a link to some Jonesboro info. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/jonesboro.html Here's for Fayetteville. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/...yetteville.html Fro Springdale. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/springdale.html For Rogers. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/rogers.html For Little Rock. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/...ittle_rock.html For Conway. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/conway.html For Ft Smith. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/fort_smith.html For the lower prices in Pine Bluff. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/pine_bluff.html For Texarkana. http://www.homegain.com/local_real_estate/AR/texarkana.html Sorry about all the links, but I thought people might find it interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 I'm questioning those figures, because all of the city populations they have are wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Of course I don't know how new trhose figures are. And they are talking about specific cities not metros. What Tim saw might have been numbers for the whole metro. Maybe it was figures from a particular quarter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 where in the world did they get their population figures? I like them, but they are so wrong lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 I'm questioning those figures, because all of the city populations they have are wrong. Hmm...the numbers I see for NWA seem to be estimates. I've heard Fayetteville estimated having 72,000. I can't say I would be able to know about the other cities outside NWA. I admit I have no idea where they got these numbers. They all could be some odd estimates for all I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Hmm...the numbers I see for NWA seem to be estimates. I've heard Fayetteville estimated having 72,000. I can't say I would be able to know about the other cities outside NWA. I admit I have no idea where they got these numbers. They all could be some odd estimates for all I know. Maybe...however, they have actual census figures for the counties. I looked at Little Rock...it has Little Rock at 201,000...we've never been estimated that high. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Maybe...however, they have actual census figures for the counties. I looked at Little Rock...it has Little Rock at 201,000...we've never been estimated that high. I do know especially up here in NWA that population figures tend to go out of date quickly. They have some way of estimating population extrapolating an average number times how many houses there are and so on. Even if the numbers aren't correct it's sorta interesting to see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcheiss 1 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 You sure about Jonesboro? I could see maybe highest increase or something. But I just can't see Jonesboro having higher home prices than Little Rock or NWA. That's hard to believe that Jonesboro beats out Little Rock and especially Rogers and Bentonville. Many homes in West and South Rogers are at an average of atlest $250,000+. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aporkalypse 1 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Cost of living indices from Yahoo: Nat'l Average 99.52 Little Rock 81.8 Ft Smith 80.1 Fayetteville 81.7 Springdale 81.2 Rogers 85.3 Texarkana 70.8 Jonesboro 78.7 Pine Bluff 79.6 Conway 79.7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnydr87 1 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 dang :-/ Wow. All of our metros are way below the national average. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Cost of living indices from Yahoo: Nat'l Average 99.52 Little Rock 81.8 Ft Smith 80.1 Fayetteville 81.7 Springdale 81.2 Rogers 85.3 Texarkana 70.8 Jonesboro 78.7 Pine Bluff 79.6 Conway 79.7 Thanks for those numbers Aporkalypse. I'm a bit surprised Pine Bluff was as high as it was. Looks like Bigboyz' Mom might be going from the lowest cost of living in the state to perhaps the highest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aporkalypse 1 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Thanks for those numbers Aporkalypse. I'm a bit surprised Pine Bluff was as high as it was. Looks like Bigboyz' Mom might be going from the lowest cost of living in the state to perhaps the highest. I was surprised about Pine Bluff as well, I would've thought it would be the lowest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 I was surprised about Pine Bluff as well, I would've thought it would be the lowest. Yeah I'm trying to figure out what could drive up the cost of living there. It certainly isn't the housing/real estate market. I've heard some of southeast Arkansas has some of the highest sales taxes in the state. I wonder if that could br driving Pine Bluff up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Northwest Arkansas High-Priced Housing Still Selling Well http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/12/...altorreport.txt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigboyz05 1 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks for those numbers Aporkalypse. I'm a bit surprised Pine Bluff was as high as it was. Looks like Bigboyz' Mom might be going from the lowest cost of living in the state to perhaps the highest. Yeah that's a hell of a jump from 70.8 to 81.7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mith242 70 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah that's a hell of a jump from 70.8 to 81.7 Yeah even higher if you take Rogers' number. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tim2462 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I think it's all relative...and that small of a difference is really no difference at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites