Best PlacesBoyle Park, Little Rock, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boyle Park, Little Rock, 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.
Boyle Park, Little Rock ranks 5,494th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boyle Park, Little Rock
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.
Boyle Park, Little Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyle Park, Little Rock ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Short commute16.4 minutes each way, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Boyle Park, Little Rock ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$34,634 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Boyle Park, Little Rock
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyle Park, Little Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $34,634, 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 Boyle Park, Little Rock's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Boyle Park, Little Rock
Boyle Park, Little Rock runs younger 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 Boyle Park, Little Rock.
Who works in Boyle Park, Little Rock, and how
Work in Boyle Park, Little Rock centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Boyle Park, Little Rock
Boyle Park, Little Rock has more parkland per resident than 97% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Boyle Park, Little Rock and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boyle Park, Little Rock, month by month
Boyle Park, Little Rock sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Boyle Park, Little Rock
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boyle Park, Little Rock
Schools across Boyle Park, Little Rock average a C−, better than 28% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Forest Heights Stem AcademyB+ · 50% proficient
- Bale Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Central High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Parkview Magnet High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Wilbur D. Mills High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyle Park, Little Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyle Park, Little Rock 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 Boyle Park, Little Rock against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Boyle Park, Little Rock
Is Boyle Park, Little Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyle Park, Little Rock ranks 5,494th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boyle Park, Little Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,302. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $34,634 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Boyle Park, Little Rock safe?
Boyle Park, Little Rock is safer than 4% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,510 per resident a year.
Compare Boyle Park, Little Rock with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyle Park, Little Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyle Park, Little Rock 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.
Boyle Park, Little Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyle Park, Little Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyle Park, Little Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyle Park, Little Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyle Park, Little Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyle Park, Little Rock 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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