Best PlacesHoliday Island, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday Island, 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.
Holiday Island ranks 33,688th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday Island
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.
Holiday Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday Island ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Holiday Island ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday Island
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,340, 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 Holiday Island's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holiday Island
Holiday Island 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 Holiday Island.
Who works in Holiday Island, and how
Work in Holiday Island centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Holiday Island
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holiday Island.
What the weather is like in Holiday Island, month by month
Holiday Island sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Holiday Island
The nearest airport, Branson, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 202 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holiday Island
Schools across Holiday Island average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eureka Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eureka Springs Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Springs High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday Island 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 Holiday Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holiday Island
Is Holiday Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday Island ranks 33,688th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holiday Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,724. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $58,340 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Holiday Island safe?
Yes, Holiday Island is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday Island 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.
Holiday Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday Island 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.