Best PlacesCabot, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cabot, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cabot ranks 1,654th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cabot
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.
Cabot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cabot ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of cities
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 91% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Cabot ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 12% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cabot
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cabot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,761, 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 Cabot's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cabot
Cabot runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cabot.
Who works in Cabot, and how
Work in Cabot centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cabot
Cabot has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cabot and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cabot, month by month
Cabot sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Cabot
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cabot
Schools across Cabot average a B−, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain Springs Elem SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Magness Creek ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Stagecoach Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cabot Junior High NorthB+ · 49% proficient
- Cabot Middle School NorthB · 46% proficient
- Joe T. Robinson Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Cabot High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Joe T. Robinson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Cabot Panther AcademyC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cabot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cabot 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 Cabot against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cabot suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Cabot
Is Cabot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cabot ranks 1,654th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cabot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,774. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,761 median income, cost of living beats 44% of cities.
Is Cabot safe?
Cabot is safer than 40% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $509 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cabot?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 31. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of cities.
Is Cabot good for families?
Schools beat 52% of cities, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $671 a month.
Compare Cabot with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cabot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cabot 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.
Cabot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cabot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cabot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cabot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cabot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cabot 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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