Best PlacesFlag, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flag, 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.
Flag ranks 43,606th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Flag
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.
Flag's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flag ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
Where Flag ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$43,911 median, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Flag
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flag home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,911, 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 Flag's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Flag
Flag runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flag.
Who works in Flag, and how
Work in Flag centers on transportation & warehousing and construction. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Flag
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Flag.
What the weather is like in Flag, month by month
Flag sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Flag
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Flag
Schools across Flag average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cowsert Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Rural Special Elem. SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Marshall Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clinton Jr High SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Leslie Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Clinton High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Rural Special High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Marshall High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flag school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flag 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 Flag against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Flag
Is Flag a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flag ranks 43,606th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Flag expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,132. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $43,911 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Flag safe?
Flag is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $551 per resident a year.
Compare Flag with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flag. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flag 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.
Flag detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flag: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flag: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flag: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flag: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flag 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.