Best PlacesArrow Point, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arrow Point, 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.
Arrow Point ranks 34,541st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Arrow Point
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.
Arrow Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arrow Point ranks high
- Cheap childcare$420 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Arrow Point ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$51,641 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arrow Point
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arrow Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,641, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Arrow Point's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arrow Point
Arrow Point runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Arrow Point.
Who works in Arrow Point, and how
Work in Arrow Point centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Arrow Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arrow Point.
What the weather is like in Arrow Point, month by month
Arrow Point sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Arrow Point
The nearest airport, Branson, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 199 miles away.
The best schools in and around Arrow Point
Schools across Arrow Point average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cassville IntermediateB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cassville MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Cassville HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arrow Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arrow Point 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 Arrow Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arrow Point
Is Arrow Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arrow Point ranks 34,541st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, health care access, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arrow Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,900. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $51,641 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Arrow Point safe?
Yes, Arrow Point is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Arrow Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arrow Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arrow Point 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.
Arrow Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arrow Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arrow Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arrow Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arrow Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arrow Point 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.