Best PlacesHorseshoe, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horseshoe, 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.
Horseshoe ranks 36,211th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Horseshoe
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.
Horseshoe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horseshoe ranks high
- Short commute13.9 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Horseshoe ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horseshoe
A household needs to earn about $15,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horseshoe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,723, 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 Horseshoe's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Horseshoe
Horseshoe runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Horseshoe.
Who works in Horseshoe, and how
Work in Horseshoe centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Horseshoe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Horseshoe.
What the weather is like in Horseshoe, month by month
Horseshoe sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Horseshoe
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Horseshoe
Schools across Horseshoe average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newport Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Newport High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horseshoe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Horseshoe
Is Horseshoe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horseshoe ranks 36,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and fast internet, and lowest on civic engagement and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Horseshoe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $60,600. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $60,723 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Horseshoe safe?
Horseshoe is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $731 per resident a year.
Compare Horseshoe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horseshoe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horseshoe 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.
Horseshoe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horseshoe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horseshoe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horseshoe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horseshoe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horseshoe 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.