Best PlacesEgypt, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Egypt, 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.
Egypt ranks 45,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Egypt
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.
Egypt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Egypt ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$620 a month, better than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Egypt ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$48,409 median, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Egypt
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Egypt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,409, 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 Egypt'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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Egypt
Egypt 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 Egypt.
Who works in Egypt, and how
Work in Egypt centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Egypt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Egypt.
What the weather is like in Egypt, month by month
Egypt sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Egypt
Memphis International sits about 78 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Egypt
Schools across Egypt average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Intermediate SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley View Junior High SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Westside Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley View High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Westside High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Egypt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Egypt 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 Egypt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Egypt
Is Egypt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Egypt ranks 45,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and a stable housing market, and lowest on education levels and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Egypt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,799. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $48,409 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Egypt safe?
Egypt is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $512 per resident a year.
Compare Egypt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Egypt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Egypt 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.
Egypt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Egypt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Egypt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Egypt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Egypt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Egypt 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.