Best PlacesBurg, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burg, 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.
Burg ranks 47,071st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Burg
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.
Burg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burg ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Burg ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$40,603 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burg
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $40,603; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Burg's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burg
Burg runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Burg.
Who works in Burg, and how
Work in Burg centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Burg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burg.
What the weather is like in Burg, month by month
Burg sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Burg
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 187 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burg
Schools across Burg average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joann Walters Elementary SchC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Dierks High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burg 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 Burg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burg
Is Burg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burg ranks 47,071st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, clean air, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,600. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $40,603 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Burg safe?
Burg is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $496 per resident a year.
Compare Burg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burg 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.
Burg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burg 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.