Best PlacesDriggs, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Driggs, 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.
Driggs ranks 31,943rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Driggs
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.
Driggs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Driggs ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Driggs ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Driggs
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Driggs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,211, 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 Driggs' effective rate of 0.45%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Driggs
Driggs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Driggs.
Who works in Driggs, and how
Work in Driggs centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Driggs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Driggs.
What the weather is like in Driggs, month by month
Driggs sees roughly 67 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 Driggs
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 215 miles away.
The best schools in and around Driggs
Schools across Driggs average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paris Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Magazine Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paris Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Paris High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- J.d. Leftwich High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Driggs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Driggs 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 Driggs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Driggs
Is Driggs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Driggs ranks 31,943rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Driggs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,995. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $67,211 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Driggs safe?
Driggs is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $438 per resident a year.
Compare Driggs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Driggs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Driggs 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.
Driggs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Driggs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Driggs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Driggs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Driggs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Driggs 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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