Best PlacesFaulkner County, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Faulkner County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Faulkner County ranks 1,279th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on an educated workforce and state finances. The weaker spots are air quality, civic engagement, and noise.
The best neighborhoods in Faulkner County
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.
The best areas in Faulkner County
The parts of Faulkner County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Greenbrier
More households have young kids, it is quieter, and more residents vote.
Conway
More adults hold degrees and biking is better.
Vilonia
Incomes run higher and local pay stretches further.
Mayflower
More homes sit empty and heat risk is higher.
Faulkner County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 8%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Faulkner County's strengths and weaknesses
Faulkner County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. An educated workforce, state finances, and low crime carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Air quality, civic engagement, and noise hold the score down. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Faulkner County ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 77% of counties
Where Faulkner County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 21% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Faulkner County
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Faulkner County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,049, 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 Faulkner County's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Faulkner County
Faulkner County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Faulkner County.
Who works in Faulkner County, and how
Work in Faulkner County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Faulkner County
Faulkner County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Faulkner County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Faulkner County growing, and who is moving in?
Faulkner County has grown about 9% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Little Rock, AR metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Faulkner County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Faulkner County, month by month
Faulkner County sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Faulkner County
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Faulkner County
Schools across Faulkner County average a B−, better than 69% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Greenbrier Springhill Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Greenbrier Wooster ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Greenbrier Eastside ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenbrier Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Ruth Doyle Intermediate SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Vilonia Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenbrier High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Conway High WestB− · 43% proficient
- Mt. Vernon/enola High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Faulkner County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Faulkner County 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 Faulkner County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Faulkner County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Faulkner County
Is Faulkner County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Faulkner County ranks 1,279th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on an educated workforce, state finances, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Faulkner County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,783. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $72,049 median income, cost of living beats 57% of counties.
Is Faulkner County safe?
Yes, Faulkner County is safer than 81% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Faulkner County?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 31. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Faulkner County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Greenbrier, Conway, and Vilonia. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Faulkner County good for families?
Schools beat 69% of counties, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $671 a month.
Is Faulkner County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 57% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 71% of counties. About 9% of workers already work from home.
Compare Faulkner County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Faulkner County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Faulkner County 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.
Faulkner County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Faulkner County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Faulkner County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Faulkner County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Faulkner County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Faulkner County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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