Best PlacesHunt, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunt, 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.
Hunt ranks 41,222nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hunt
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.
Hunt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunt ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Hunt ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunt
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,064, 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 Hunt's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hunt
Hunt runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hunt.
Who works in Hunt, and how
Work in Hunt centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hunt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunt.
What the weather is like in Hunt, month by month
Hunt sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Hunt
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunt
Schools across Hunt average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ozark Upper Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Oark Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ozark Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Ozark High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Oark High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Clarksville High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunt 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 Hunt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunt
Is Hunt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunt ranks 41,222nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,465. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $56,064 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Hunt safe?
Hunt is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $496 per resident a year.
Compare Hunt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunt 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.
Hunt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunt 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.