Best PlacesBruins, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bruins, 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.
Bruins ranks 41,090th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bruins
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.
Bruins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bruins ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$103,467 median, better than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Bruins ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute43.4 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bruins
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bruins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,467, 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 Bruins' effective rate of 0.61%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bruins
Bruins 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 Bruins.
Who works in Bruins, and how
Work in Bruins centers on transportation & warehousing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bruins
Bruins has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bruins and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bruins, month by month
Bruins sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Bruins
Memphis International sits about 24 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 Bruins
Schools across Bruins average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robinsonville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Faulk Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Anna Strong Learning AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Junior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Tunica Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Cormorant HighC · 34% proficient
- Rosa Fort High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bruins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bruins 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 Bruins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bruins
Is Bruins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bruins ranks 41,090th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on civic engagement and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bruins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,003. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $103,467 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Bruins safe?
Bruins is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,206 per resident a year.
Compare Bruins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bruins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bruins 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.
Bruins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bruins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bruins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bruins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bruins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bruins 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.