AvillaAR
A town of 1,833. Public schools that outperform most of Arkansas.
Is Avilla a good place to live?
Avilla’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. No town in Arkansas scores lower than Avilla on the outdoors. Avilla has 2 places on the National Register. Avilla has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Avilla stand out
Where Avilla beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Avilla for work
Where Avilla’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Avilla grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Avilla is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avilla. Close and well known come first.
16 mi National Historic SiteLittle Rock Central High School National Historic Site49K visitors a year
27 mi National ParkHot Springs National Park2.5M visitors a year
19 mi MuseumClinton Presidential Center
19 mi Stadium & arenaSimmons Bank Arena
35 mi State parkPetit Jean State Park27 mi Theme parkMagic Springs and Crystal FallsPhoto credits
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hot Springs National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Clinton Presidential Center: Archipreneur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Simmons Bank Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Petit Jean State Park: ErgoSum88, Public domain
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Moving to Avilla: who provides what
Avilla is unincorporated, so Saline County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Avilla.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avilla Christian Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 51 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AR on state tests and graduation
Avilla stands out in Arkansas and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
The average trip to work in Avilla is 28 minutes. The top destinations are Little Rock (44%), Benton (11%) and Bryant (10%). For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
| Avilla | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 22% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Arkansas overall
Here, 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 26% in Arkansas as a whole. Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 6 have a higher median age than Avilla.
| Avilla | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.3 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Arkansas, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Avilla | AR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 12.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 26.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18.1% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 34.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.9% | 20.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.9% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 9.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
A smaller share of adults have obesity in Avilla than in most of Arkansas or the rest of the country
37% of Avilla adults sleep under 7 hours, against 39% in Arkansas’ towns and 36% across U.S. towns. Avilla: 9.4% of adults have diabetes. Only 5 of the 124 Arkansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Avilla. In Avilla, 17% of adults binge drink, and 11% worry about having enough food.
| Avilla | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Avilla | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 18.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 18.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Avilla brings mild winters and hot summers
Avilla’s peak summer temperature comes in at 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Avilla, with inland flooding at the top
In Avilla, the FEMA risk score is 57 of 100. 41% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 19%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Avilla sells for about $450K
Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 10 have a higher share of households owning their home than Avilla.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Avilla
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Avilla
About 3 of every 100 Avilla residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
Questions about Avilla
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Avilla, AR a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Arkansas.
Is Avilla, AR expensive?
The typical home is worth about $363,000, 62% above the Arkansas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.