Best PlacesHartwell, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartwell, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hartwell ranks 31,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hartwell
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.
Hartwell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartwell ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 70% of towns
Where Hartwell ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartwell
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartwell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,920, 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 Hartwell's effective rate of 0.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hartwell
Hartwell runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hartwell.
Who works in Hartwell, and how
Work in Hartwell centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hartwell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hartwell.
What the weather is like in Hartwell, month by month
Hartwell sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Hartwell
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 226 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartwell
Schools across Hartwell average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eureka Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Huntsville Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Eureka Springs Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Springs High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Huntsville High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartwell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartwell 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 Hartwell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartwell
Is Hartwell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartwell ranks 31,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartwell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,921. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $69,920 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Hartwell safe?
Yes, Hartwell is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $382 per resident a year.
Compare Hartwell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartwell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartwell 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.
Hartwell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartwell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartwell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartwell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartwell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartwell 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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