Best PlacesGood Hope, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Good Hope, 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.
Good Hope ranks 49,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Good Hope
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.
Good Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Good Hope ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Good Hope ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$31,334 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Good Hope
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Good Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $31,334, 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 Good Hope's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Good Hope
Good Hope 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 Good Hope.
Who works in Good Hope, and how
Work in Good Hope centers on utilities and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Good Hope
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Good Hope.
What the weather is like in Good Hope, month by month
Good Hope sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Good Hope
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 201 miles away.
The best schools in and around Good Hope
Schools across Good Hope average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nevada Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Camden Fairview Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Nevada High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Camden Fairview High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Good Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Good Hope 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 Good Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Good Hope
Is Good Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Good Hope ranks 49,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and the weather, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Good Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,000. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $31,334 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Good Hope safe?
Good Hope is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $793 per resident a year.
Compare Good Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Good Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Good Hope 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.
Good Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Good Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Good Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Good Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Good Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Good Hope 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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