Best PlacesHasty, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hasty, 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.
Hasty ranks 40,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hasty
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.
Hasty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hasty ranks high
- Cheap childcare$459 a month, better than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Hasty ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hasty
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hasty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,930, 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 Hasty's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Hasty
Hasty's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Hasty.
Who works in Hasty, and how
Work in Hasty centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hasty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hasty.
What the weather is like in Hasty, month by month
Hasty sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Hasty
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hasty
Schools across Hasty average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Jasper Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Kingston Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Springs High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Kingston High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Jasper High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hasty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hasty 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 Hasty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hasty
Is Hasty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hasty ranks 40,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hasty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,229. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $63,930 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Hasty safe?
Yes, Hasty is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Hasty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hasty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hasty 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.
Hasty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hasty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hasty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hasty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hasty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hasty 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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