Best PlacesCrabtree, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crabtree, 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.
Crabtree ranks 47,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crabtree
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.
Crabtree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crabtree ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 152 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Crabtree ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,927 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crabtree
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crabtree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $32,927, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Crabtree's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Crabtree
Crabtree 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 Crabtree.
Who works in Crabtree, and how
Work in Crabtree centers on admin & support services and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Crabtree
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crabtree.
What the weather is like in Crabtree, month by month
Crabtree sees roughly 152 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Crabtree
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crabtree
Schools across Crabtree average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cowsert Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clinton Jr High SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Clinton High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crabtree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crabtree 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 Crabtree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crabtree
Is Crabtree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crabtree ranks 47,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crabtree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,296. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $32,927 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Crabtree safe?
Crabtree is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $690 per resident a year.
Compare Crabtree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crabtree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crabtree 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.
Crabtree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crabtree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crabtree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crabtree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crabtree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crabtree 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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