Best PlacesEmmet, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emmet, 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.
Emmet ranks 44,416th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Emmet
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.
Emmet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emmet ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Emmet ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emmet
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emmet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,275, 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 Emmet's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Emmet
Emmet runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emmet.
Who works in Emmet, and how
Work in Emmet centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Emmet
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emmet.
What the weather is like in Emmet, month by month
Emmet sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Emmet
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 204 miles away.
The best schools in and around Emmet
Schools across Emmet average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Prescott Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Blevins Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prescott Junior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Yerger Junior High SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Hill High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Blevins High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Nevada High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emmet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emmet 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 Emmet against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emmet
Is Emmet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emmet ranks 44,416th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emmet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,232. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $54,275 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Emmet safe?
Emmet is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
Compare Emmet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emmet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emmet 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.
Emmet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emmet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emmet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emmet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emmet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emmet 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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