Best PlacesGarrett Bridge, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garrett Bridge, 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.
Garrett Bridge ranks 40,936th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Garrett Bridge
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.
Garrett Bridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garrett Bridge ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Garrett Bridge ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Garrett Bridge
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garrett Bridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,424, 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 Garrett Bridge's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Garrett Bridge
Garrett Bridge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garrett Bridge.
Who works in Garrett Bridge, and how
Work in Garrett Bridge centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Garrett Bridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Garrett Bridge.
What the weather is like in Garrett Bridge, month by month
Garrett Bridge sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Garrett Bridge
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Garrett Bridge
Schools across Garrett Bridge average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Reed Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dumas Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Star City Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Star City High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Dumas High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garrett Bridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garrett Bridge 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 Garrett Bridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garrett Bridge
Is Garrett Bridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garrett Bridge ranks 40,936th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garrett Bridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,900. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $57,424 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Garrett Bridge safe?
Garrett Bridge is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $783 per resident a year.
Compare Garrett Bridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garrett Bridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garrett Bridge 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.
Garrett Bridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garrett Bridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garrett Bridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garrett Bridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garrett Bridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garrett Bridge 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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