Best PlacesGreers Ferry, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greers Ferry, 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.
Greers Ferry ranks 43,120th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greers Ferry
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.
Greers Ferry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greers Ferry ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Greers Ferry ranks low
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greers Ferry
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greers Ferry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $51,515; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Greers Ferry's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greers Ferry
Greers Ferry 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 Greers Ferry.
Who works in Greers Ferry, and how
Work in Greers Ferry centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Greers Ferry
Greers Ferry has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Greers Ferry and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greers Ferry, month by month
Greers Ferry sees roughly 158 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 Greers Ferry
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greers Ferry
Schools across Greers Ferry average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Side Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- West Side High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greers Ferry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greers Ferry 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 Greers Ferry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greers Ferry
Is Greers Ferry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greers Ferry ranks 43,120th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greers Ferry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,538. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $51,515 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Greers Ferry safe?
Greers Ferry is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
Compare Greers Ferry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greers Ferry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greers Ferry 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.
Greers Ferry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greers Ferry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greers Ferry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greers Ferry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greers Ferry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greers Ferry 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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