Best PlacesHooker, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hooker, 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.
Hooker ranks 41,265th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hooker
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.
Hooker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hooker ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 70% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Hooker ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hooker
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hooker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,635, 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 Hooker's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hooker
Hooker 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 Hooker.
Who works in Hooker, and how
Work in Hooker centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hooker
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hooker.
What the weather is like in Hooker, month by month
Hooker sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 75° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Hooker
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hooker
Schools across Hooker average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Thirty-fourth Ave. Elem. Sch.F · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Star City Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Jack Robey Jr. High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Star City High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Pine Bluff High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hooker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hooker 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 Hooker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hooker
Is Hooker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hooker ranks 41,265th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hooker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,471. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $59,635 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Hooker safe?
Hooker is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $661 per resident a year.
Compare Hooker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hooker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hooker 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.
Hooker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hooker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hooker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hooker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hooker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hooker 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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