Best PlacesAmity, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amity, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amity ranks 44,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Amity
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Amity's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amity ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
Where Amity ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amity
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amity home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,787, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Amity's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amity
Amity's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amity.
Who works in Amity, and how
Work in Amity centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Amity
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amity.
What the weather is like in Amity, month by month
Amity sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Amity
The nearest airport, Memorial Field, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amity
Schools across Amity average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bismarck Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Centerpoint Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Murfreesboro Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bismarck Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Bismarck High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Murfreesboro High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Kirby High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amity school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amity measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Amity against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amity
Is Amity a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amity ranks 44,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on empty homes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amity expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,425. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $53,787 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Amity safe?
Amity is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare Amity with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amity. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amity represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Amity detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amity: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amity: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amity: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amity: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amity detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.