Best PlacesBiggers, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Biggers, 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.
Biggers ranks 36,146th 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 Biggers
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.
Biggers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Biggers ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Biggers ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Biggers
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Biggers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,358, 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 Biggers' 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 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 Biggers
Biggers 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 Biggers.
Who works in Biggers, and how
Work in Biggers centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Biggers
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Biggers.
What the weather is like in Biggers, month by month
Biggers sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Biggers
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 93 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Biggers
Schools across Biggers average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Park Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Maynard Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pocahontas Junior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- M.d. Williams Intermediate SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Corning High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Maynard High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Pocahontas High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Biggers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Biggers 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 Biggers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Biggers
Is Biggers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Biggers ranks 36,146th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, 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 Biggers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $71,400. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $58,358 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Biggers safe?
Yes, Biggers is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Biggers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Biggers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Biggers 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.
Biggers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Biggers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Biggers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Biggers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Biggers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Biggers 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.