Best PlacesBono, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bono, 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.
Bono ranks 33,251st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Bono
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.
Bono's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bono ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Bono ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bono
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bono home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,650, 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 Bono's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bono
Bono'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 Bono.
Who works in Bono, and how
Work in Bono centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bono
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bono.
What the weather is like in Bono, month by month
Bono sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Bono
Memphis International sits about 75 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bono
Schools across Bono average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Intermediate SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley View Junior High SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Westside Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Douglas Macarthur JhsD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley View High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Westside High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bono school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bono 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 Bono against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bono
Is Bono a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bono ranks 33,251st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bono expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,265. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $69,650 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Bono safe?
Bono is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $455 per resident a year.
Compare Bono with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bono. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bono 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.
Bono detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bono: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bono: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bono: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bono: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bono 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.