Best PlacesBoughton, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boughton, 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.
Boughton ranks 44,929th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boughton
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.
Boughton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boughton ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Boughton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boughton
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boughton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,664, 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 Boughton's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boughton
Boughton runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boughton.
Who works in Boughton, and how
Work in Boughton centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Boughton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boughton.
What the weather is like in Boughton, month by month
Boughton sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Boughton
The nearest airport, Memorial Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 208 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boughton
Schools across Boughton average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gurdon Primary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Prescott Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Blevins Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cabe Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Prescott Junior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Blevins High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Nevada High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Prescott High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boughton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boughton 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 Boughton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boughton
Is Boughton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boughton ranks 44,929th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boughton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,832. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $58,664 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Boughton safe?
Boughton is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
Compare Boughton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boughton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boughton 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.
Boughton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boughton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boughton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boughton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boughton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boughton 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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