Best PlacesCass, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cass, 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.
Cass ranks 18,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cass
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.
Cass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cass ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Cass ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cass
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,485, 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 Cass' effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cass
Cass runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cass.
Who works in Cass, and how
Work in Cass centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cass
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cass.
What the weather is like in Cass, month by month
Cass sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Cass
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 222 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cass
Schools across Cass average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Oark Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Marvin Primary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant View Junior HighD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Ozark High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- St. Paul High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Oark High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cass 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 Cass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cass
Is Cass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cass ranks 18,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on biking and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,500. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $98,485 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Cass safe?
Cass is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $627 per resident a year.
Compare Cass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cass 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.
Cass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cass 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.