Best PlacesHarmontown, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harmontown, 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.
Harmontown ranks 42,015th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harmontown
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.
Harmontown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harmontown ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter 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 78% of towns
Where Harmontown ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harmontown
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harmontown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,444, 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 Harmontown's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Harmontown
Harmontown 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 Harmontown.
Who works in Harmontown, and how
Work in Harmontown centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harmontown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harmontown.
What the weather is like in Harmontown, month by month
Harmontown sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Harmontown
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harmontown
Schools across Harmontown average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sulphur Rock Magnet SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Batesville Junior High School CharterC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Batesville High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harmontown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harmontown 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 Harmontown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harmontown
Is Harmontown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harmontown ranks 42,015th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harmontown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,800. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,444 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Harmontown safe?
Harmontown is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $537 per resident a year.
Compare Harmontown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harmontown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harmontown 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.
Harmontown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harmontown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harmontown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harmontown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harmontown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harmontown 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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