Best PlacesEureka Springs, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eureka Springs, 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.
Eureka Springs ranks 36,547th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eureka Springs
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.
Eureka Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Eureka Springs ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
Where Eureka Springs ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$50,665 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eureka Springs
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eureka Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,665, 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 Eureka Springs' effective rate of 0.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eureka Springs
Eureka Springs 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 Eureka Springs.
Who works in Eureka Springs, and how
Work in Eureka Springs centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Eureka Springs
Eureka Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eureka Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eureka Springs, month by month
Eureka Springs sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Eureka Springs
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 207 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eureka Springs
Schools across Eureka Springs average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eureka Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Garfield Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Berryville Intermediate SchC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lingle Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Eureka Springs Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Berryville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Springs High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Berryville High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rogers Heritage High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eureka Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eureka Springs 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 Eureka Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eureka Springs
Is Eureka Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eureka Springs ranks 36,547th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and tree cover, and lowest on the weather and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eureka Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,908. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $50,665 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Eureka Springs safe?
Eureka Springs is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
Compare Eureka Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eureka Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eureka Springs 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.
Eureka Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eureka Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eureka Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eureka Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eureka Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eureka Springs 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.