Best PlacesClifty, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clifty, 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.
Clifty ranks 26,674th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clifty
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.
Clifty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clifty ranks high
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Clifty ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clifty
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clifty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,694, 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 Clifty's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Clifty
Clifty 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 Clifty.
Who works in Clifty, and how
Work in Clifty centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Clifty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clifty.
What the weather is like in Clifty, month by month
Clifty sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Clifty
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clifty
Schools across Clifty average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastside Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Northside Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Frank Tillery Elem. SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lingle Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Rogers Heritage High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clifty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clifty 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 Clifty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clifty
Is Clifty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clifty ranks 26,674th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clifty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,500. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,694 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Clifty safe?
Yes, Clifty is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare Clifty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clifty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clifty 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.
Clifty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clifty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clifty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clifty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clifty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clifty 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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