Best PlacesBeaver, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beaver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beaver ranks 22,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beaver
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.
Beaver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaver ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Beaver ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beaver
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,795, 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 Beaver's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Beaver
Beaver 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 Beaver.
Who works in Beaver, and how
Work in Beaver centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Beaver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beaver.
What the weather is like in Beaver, month by month
Beaver sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Beaver
The nearest airport, Branson, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 203 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaver
Schools across Beaver average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eureka Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Berryville Intermediate SchC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eureka Springs Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Berryville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Springs High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Berryville High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaver 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 Beaver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beaver
Is Beaver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaver ranks 22,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, health care access, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beaver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,808. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $79,795 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Beaver safe?
Yes, Beaver is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Beaver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaver 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.
Beaver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaver 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
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