Best PlacesCedarville, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedarville, 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.
Cedarville ranks 36,828th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Cedarville
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.
Cedarville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedarville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 70% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
Where Cedarville ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedarville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedarville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,536, 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 Cedarville's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedarville
Cedarville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedarville.
Who works in Cedarville, and how
Work in Cedarville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cedarville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedarville.
What the weather is like in Cedarville, month by month
Cedarville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Cedarville
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedarville
Schools across Cedarville average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parkview Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Cedarville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northridge Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Alma Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Cedarville Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Buren High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Alma High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Cedarville High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedarville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedarville 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 Cedarville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedarville
Is Cedarville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedarville ranks 36,828th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedarville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,906. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $57,536 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Cedarville safe?
Cedarville is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $455 per resident a year.
Compare Cedarville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedarville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedarville 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.
Cedarville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedarville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedarville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedarville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedarville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedarville 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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