Best PlacesBrasfield, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brasfield, 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.
Brasfield ranks 41,472nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brasfield
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.
Brasfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brasfield ranks high
- Cheap childcare$459 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Brasfield ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brasfield
A household needs to earn about $15,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brasfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,067, 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 Brasfield's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Brasfield
Brasfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brasfield.
Who works in Brasfield, and how
Work in Brasfield centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Brasfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brasfield.
What the weather is like in Brasfield, month by month
Brasfield sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Brasfield
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brasfield
Schools across Brasfield average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Des Arc Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Hazen Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- C.b. Partee Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Des Arc High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Hazen High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Brinkley High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brasfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brasfield 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 Brasfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brasfield
Is Brasfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brasfield ranks 41,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brasfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $57,365. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $63,067 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Brasfield safe?
Brasfield is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $470 per resident a year.
Compare Brasfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brasfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brasfield 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.
Brasfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brasfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brasfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brasfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brasfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brasfield 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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