Moving to Maumelle: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Maumelle means joining a real, genuinely affluent, planned Little Rock-metro suburb with a distinct recreational anchor and top-tier safety statistics.
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Learn moreA real, planned "New Town" community
Maumelle was founded in the early 1970s as one of thirteen federally HUD-assisted "New Towns" built nationally, with the first family moving in during spring 1974.
A genuinely affluent household income
Maumelle's median household income ran approximately $103,333, genuinely one of the highest documented across this project's Arkansas markets.
A real, distinct recreational anchor
Lake Willastein Park, a real ~100-acre public park and lake, offers fishing, kayaking, and hiking trails -- genuinely distinct from the much larger Lake Maumelle drinking-water reservoir nearby.
Key takeaways
- Maumelle's median household income (~$103,333) runs genuinely affluent.
- Maumelle is a real, planned "New Town" community founded in the early 1970s.
- Lake Willastein Park provides a real, distinct recreational anchor unique to Maumelle.
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