There are all types when it comes to being a snob in Arkansas. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, Book Snobs, and, of course, Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobs — as in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here).
How can we tell which Arkansas cities are the snobbiest? By measuring snobby things, that’s how.
We used Saturday Night Science to look at things like expensive homes, high incomes, and overly educated populations by city in Arkansas. These are the criteria you’d argue with a friend over a foodie dinner about who’s snobbier.
After analyzing 66 of the state’s most populous areas over 5,000 people, we came up with this ranking of the ten snobbiest places in the state of Arkansas.
The Arkansan in these places aren’t snobby, they just know they’re better than you.
$146,473 median income · $570,143 median home · #1 income in Arkansas
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$112,792 median income · $488,112 median home · #3 income in Arkansas
Located in
Benton County, Arkansas
Bentonville is the ninth-largest city in Arkansas and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the headquarters of Walmart, which is the world’s largest retailer. Originally named Osage after the Osage Indians who hunted in the area when white settlers first moved to the area in 1837, the community was renamed to Bentonville in 1906 in honor of New York inventor Linn Boyd Benton, after being first incorporated on April 3, 1873. It is one of the four main cities in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city itself had a population of 35,301 at the 2010 Census, with an estimated population of 47,093 in 2016.
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$85,603 median income · $508,471 median home · #9 income in Arkansas
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$115,713 median income · $349,882 median home · #2 income in Arkansas
Located in
Benton County, Arkansas
Centerton is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 9,515 at the 2010 census. Centerton is part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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$103,333 median income · $307,539 median home · #4 income in Arkansas
Located in
Pulaski County, Arkansas
Maumelle is an affluent city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 17,163. The city is located northwest of Little Rock, bordering the opposite shore of the Arkansas River and is part of the Little Rock metropolitan area.
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$86,728 median income · $385,743 median home · #8 income in Arkansas
Located in
Benton County, Arkansas
Rogers is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964 making it the state’s-eighth largest city. Rogers is located in the northwest portion of the state in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, which is one of the fastest growing areas in the nation and is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 465,776 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau.
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$90,469 median income · $333,516 median home · #7 income in Arkansas
Located in
Washington County, Arkansas
Farmington is a city in Washington County, Arkansas. The community is nestled in a valley among the Boston Mountains, a subset of the Ozark Mountains. Although the first settlers came from the Deep South in 1828, the community did not incorporate until 1946. Located immediately west of Fayetteville in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan statistical area, Farmington has been experiencing a population boom in recent years, as indicated by a 66% growth in population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. It has been characterized as a bedroom community by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center.
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$95,527 median income · $360,677 median home · #5 income in Arkansas
Located in
Benton County, Arkansas
Lowell is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, in the United States. Located within the Ozarks, first settlement was along Old Wire Road in the 1840s, and although destroyed during the Civil War, the community was reestablished by J. H. McClure and thrived when the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway came through the area in the 1880s. Today, the city is a growing bedroom community within the rapidly growing Northwest Arkansas region. Lowell is also home to the headquarters of trucking company J.B. Hunt.
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$62,695 median income · $377,910 median home · #24 income in Arkansas
Located in
Washington County, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the third-largest city in Arkansas and county seat of Washington County. The city is centrally located within the county and has been home of the University of Arkansas since the institution’s founding in 1871. Fayetteville is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until 1829, the city was named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many of the settlers had come. It was incorporated on November 3, 1836 and was rechartered in 1867. The four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 105th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 73,580 at the 2010 Census. At 1,400 feet of elevation, it is also one of the highest major US cities between the western Great Plains and the Appalachian Mountains.
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$83,024 median income · $254,713 median home · #10 income in Arkansas
Located in
Saline County, Arkansas
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The receipts
Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Arkansas’s statewide median.
Arkansas statewide median: $60,773
Arkansas statewide median: $222,050
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Where the snobs live in Arkansas
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the snobbiest cities in the Natural State
Do you think we’d just come up with this list willy-nilly? Not a chance – we only use Saturday Night Science around here.
We gathered up all of the places in Arkansas with populations of 5,000 people or more. This left us with a total of 66 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria (And no, it’s not a word. English snob.):
- Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
- Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
- Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)
Incomes and college education levels come from the American Community Survey. Home prices come from Zillow.
Turned out this simple criteria was much better at sniffing out the snobby places then more snobby criteria like:
- Libaries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Museums per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)
From there, we ranked each of our 66 places in each category with scores from one to 66. We then averaged each place’s ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Arkansas. So let’s all flip a table in honor of Cave Springs (with our pinkies up, of course.)
Before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, let’s remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course, we would.
And it’s not like your real estate agent would ever point out how snobby the town you’re moving to is. We’re here to keep you grounded, even if you’re wearing a monocle.
The full plate
Table: The Snobbiest Cities In Arkansas For 2026
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| Rank | City | Snob Score | Population | Median Income | Average Home Prices | Adult Highly Educated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cave Springs | 1.33 | 6,008 | $146,473 | $570,143 | 53.0% |
| 2 | Bentonville | 2.33 | 58,249 | $112,792 | $488,112 | 55.0% |
| 3 | Tontitown | 5.33 | 6,425 | $85,603 | $508,471 | 46.0% |
| 4 | Centerton | 5.67 | 21,920 | $115,713 | $349,882 | 42.0% |
| 5 | Maumelle | 6.50 | 19,373 | $103,333 | $307,539 | 49.0% |
| 6 | Rogers | 8.33 | 72,981 | $86,728 | $385,743 | 35.0% |
| 7 | Farmington | 9.00 | 9,094 | $90,469 | $333,516 | 37.0% |
| 8 | Lowell | 10.17 | 10,849 | $95,527 | $360,677 | 29.0% |
| 9 | Fayetteville | 10.83 | 99,319 | $62,695 | $377,910 | 49.0% |
| 10 | Bryant | 11.67 | 21,504 | $83,024 | $254,713 | 37.0% |
| 11 | Pea Ridge | 12.33 | 8,108 | $95,521 | $348,118 | 28.0% |
| 12 | Conway | 16.00 | 67,642 | $63,004 | $244,316 | 43.0% |
| 13 | Sherwood | 16.00 | 33,070 | $81,328 | $236,102 | 36.0% |
| 14 | Prairie Grove | 18.00 | 7,798 | $70,701 | $317,577 | 27.0% |
| 15 | Siloam Springs | 18.33 | 18,699 | $72,065 | $284,971 | 27.0% |
| 16 | Benton | 19.33 | 36,595 | $72,876 | $239,101 | 28.0% |
| 17 | Springdale | 19.50 | 88,160 | $69,787 | $338,447 | 24.0% |
| 18 | Cabot | 19.50 | 26,960 | $75,000 | $247,085 | 26.0% |
| 19 | Little Rock | 20.00 | 203,436 | $63,003 | $216,519 | 45.0% |
| 20 | Marion | 20.50 | 13,623 | $78,330 | $238,641 | 26.0% |
| 21 | Greenwood | 21.67 | 9,616 | $66,844 | $238,464 | 29.0% |
| 22 | Jonesboro | 24.83 | 80,137 | $55,424 | $222,893 | 32.0% |
| 23 | White Hall | 25.00 | 5,512 | $78,092 | $136,021 | 37.0% |
| 24 | Greenbrier | 27.33 | 6,018 | $57,214 | $278,685 | 21.0% |
| 25 | Alma | 27.33 | 5,906 | $68,562 | $245,962 | 19.0% |
| 26 | Searcy | 27.67 | 23,340 | $52,170 | $216,680 | 31.0% |
| 27 | Ward | 28.33 | 6,573 | $72,734 | $207,462 | 22.0% |
| 28 | Sheridan | 29.00 | 5,165 | $62,453 | $218,333 | 23.0% |
| 29 | Russellville | 29.83 | 29,162 | $50,877 | $212,079 | 29.0% |
| 30 | Hot Springs | 30.33 | 37,920 | $47,760 | $243,826 | 27.0% |
| 31 | Fort Smith | 32.33 | 89,805 | $54,816 | $193,977 | 24.0% |
| 32 | North Little Rock | 32.67 | 64,538 | $52,707 | $165,643 | 30.0% |
| 33 | Arkadelphia | 33.00 | 10,099 | $48,657 | $183,376 | 33.0% |
| 34 | Van Buren | 34.17 | 23,763 | $61,149 | $204,826 | 20.0% |
| 35 | Beebe | 34.67 | 8,707 | $59,476 | $210,268 | 19.0% |
| 36 | Barling | 36.33 | 5,007 | $54,387 | $193,772 | 21.0% |
| 37 | Magnolia | 36.50 | 10,894 | $56,127 | $145,079 | 24.0% |
| 38 | Heber Springs | 36.67 | 7,161 | $50,636 | $248,325 | 16.0% |
| 39 | Batesville | 39.00 | 11,445 | $51,856 | $176,299 | 22.0% |
| 40 | Mountain Home | 39.33 | 13,108 | $41,274 | $233,820 | 23.0% |
| 41 | Paragould | 40.17 | 30,215 | $56,980 | $191,096 | 16.0% |
| 42 | Jacksonville | 40.17 | 29,221 | $49,666 | $168,541 | 22.0% |
| 43 | Monticello | 43.17 | 8,257 | $27,238 | $163,404 | 32.0% |
| 44 | Harrison | 44.50 | 13,350 | $44,056 | $230,382 | 16.0% |
| 45 | Mena | 45.00 | 5,582 | $47,428 | $192,538 | 17.0% |
| 46 | Morrilton | 46.00 | 7,080 | $47,572 | $163,947 | 19.0% |
| 47 | Berryville | 46.00 | 5,707 | $42,283 | $237,505 | 15.0% |
| 48 | Walnut Ridge | 47.00 | 5,434 | $45,027 | $129,711 | 23.0% |
| 49 | De Queen | 48.00 | 6,058 | $52,522 | $171,114 | 7.0% |
| 50 | El Dorado | 48.33 | 17,115 | $49,244 | $133,853 | 17.0% |
| 51 | Texarkana | 49.50 | 29,177 | $45,835 | $167,818 | 16.0% |
| 52 | Clarksville | 49.50 | 9,526 | $37,373 | $186,109 | 18.0% |
| 53 | Wynne | 49.50 | 8,120 | $43,250 | $128,058 | 22.0% |
| 54 | Camden | 49.83 | 10,307 | $49,361 | $105,164 | 18.0% |
| 55 | Blytheville | 52.33 | 12,790 | $47,865 | $96,161 | 17.0% |
| 56 | Malvern | 52.83 | 10,953 | $46,250 | $142,161 | 13.0% |
| 57 | Stuttgart | 52.83 | 7,903 | $49,399 | $118,229 | 13.0% |
| 58 | Pine Bluff | 54.50 | 39,743 | $42,718 | $75,017 | 20.0% |
| 59 | Pocahontas | 55.33 | 7,538 | $44,216 | $140,492 | 12.0% |
| 60 | West Memphis | 56.50 | 23,929 | $42,674 | $131,757 | 14.0% |
| 61 | Osceola | 58.00 | 6,688 | $46,202 | $117,994 | 9.0% |
| 62 | Trumann | 59.33 | 7,410 | $38,881 | $131,845 | 11.0% |
| 63 | Hope | 59.50 | 8,671 | $37,500 | $113,808 | 14.0% |
| 64 | Helena-West Helena | 60.17 | 8,935 | $36,019 | $86,458 | 16.0% |
| 65 | Warren | 62.33 | 5,353 | $36,788 | $101,650 | 12.0% |
| 66 | Newport | 64.00 | 8,024 | $34,764 | $84,278 | 12.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, Zillow research. 66 places with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
There You Have It – Now That You’re On Your High Horse
When it comes to snobbery, these places in Arkansas are heading ever upward. Residents in these communities are well educated, well paid, and appear to have all the sophisticated culture and entertainment of an Ernst Lubitsch film right at their fingertips.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The snobbiest cities in Arkansas are Cave Springs, Bentonville, Tontitown, Centerton, Maumelle, Rogers, Farmington, Lowell, Fayetteville, and Bryant. Not sold on Arkansas? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
