Best PlacesEvening Star, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evening Star, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Evening Star ranks 32,229th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Evening Star
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.
Evening Star's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evening Star ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Evening Star ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evening Star
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evening Star home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,428, 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 Evening Star's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Evening Star
Evening Star runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Evening Star.
Who works in Evening Star, and how
Work in Evening Star centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Evening Star
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Evening Star.
What the weather is like in Evening Star, month by month
Evening Star sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Evening Star
Memphis International sits about 88 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 Evening Star
Schools across Evening Star average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Paragould High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evening Star school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evening Star 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 Evening Star against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Evening Star
Is Evening Star a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evening Star ranks 32,229th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evening Star expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $142,513. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $65,428 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Evening Star safe?
Yes, Evening Star is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Evening Star with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evening Star. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evening Star 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.
Evening Star detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evening Star: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evening Star: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evening Star: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evening Star: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evening Star 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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