Best PlacesElm Grove, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elm Grove, 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.
Elm Grove ranks 44,857th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Elm Grove
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.
Elm Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elm Grove ranks high
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
Where Elm Grove ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$44,297 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Elm Grove
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elm Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,297, 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 Elm Grove's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Elm Grove
Elm Grove runs younger 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 Elm Grove.
Who works in Elm Grove, and how
Work in Elm Grove centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Elm Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Elm Grove.
What the weather is like in Elm Grove, month by month
Elm Grove sees roughly 67 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 Elm Grove
Memphis International sits about 55 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 Elm Grove
Schools across Elm Grove average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverside West Elem. SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Bay Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Cedar Park Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trumann Intermediate School7-8D+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Bay High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Trumann High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elm Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elm Grove 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 Elm Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Elm Grove
Is Elm Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elm Grove ranks 44,857th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on civic engagement and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elm Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $107,719. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $44,297 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Elm Grove safe?
Elm Grove is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Elm Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elm Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elm Grove 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.
Elm Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elm Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elm Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elm Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elm Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elm Grove 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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