Best PlacesHalliday, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Halliday, 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.
Halliday ranks 42,048th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Halliday
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.
Halliday's strengths and weaknesses
Where Halliday ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Halliday ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$51,273 median, better than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Halliday
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Halliday home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,273, 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 Halliday's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Halliday
Halliday runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Halliday.
Who works in Halliday, and how
Work in Halliday centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Halliday
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Halliday.
What the weather is like in Halliday, month by month
Halliday sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Halliday
Memphis International sits about 79 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Halliday
Schools across Halliday average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marmaduke Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Marmaduke High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Paragould High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Halliday school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Halliday 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 Halliday against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Halliday
Is Halliday a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Halliday ranks 42,048th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Halliday expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,433. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $51,273 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Halliday safe?
Halliday is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Halliday with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Halliday. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Halliday 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.
Halliday detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Halliday: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Halliday: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Halliday: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Halliday: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Halliday 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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