Best PlacesHigden, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Higden, 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.
Higden ranks 38,951st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Higden
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.
Higden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Higden 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 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Higden ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Higden
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Higden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,109, 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 Higden's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Higden
Higden 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 Higden.
Who works in Higden, and how
Work in Higden centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Higden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Higden.
What the weather is like in Higden, month by month
Higden 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 Higden
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Higden
Schools across Higden 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 Higden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Higden 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 Higden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Higden
Is Higden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Higden ranks 38,951st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on empty homes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Higden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,202. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $57,109 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Higden safe?
Yes, Higden is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $420 per resident a year.
Compare Higden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Higden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Higden 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.
Higden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Higden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Higden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Higden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Higden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Higden 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.