Best PlacesBack Gate, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Back Gate, 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.
Back Gate ranks 48,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Back Gate
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.
Back Gate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Back Gate ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Back Gate ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,342 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Back Gate
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Back Gate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,342, 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 Back Gate'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Back Gate
Back Gate 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 Back Gate.
Who works in Back Gate, and how
Work in Back Gate centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Back Gate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Back Gate.
What the weather is like in Back Gate, month by month
Back Gate sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Back Gate
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Back Gate
Schools across Back Gate average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reed Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dumas Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Dumas High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Back Gate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Back Gate 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 Back Gate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Back Gate
Is Back Gate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Back Gate ranks 48,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on civic engagement and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Back Gate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,901. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $43,342 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Back Gate safe?
Back Gate is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $708 per resident a year.
Compare Back Gate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Back Gate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Back Gate 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.
Back Gate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Back Gate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Back Gate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Back Gate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Back Gate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Back Gate 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.