Best PlacesKnob Creek, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Knob Creek, 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.
Knob Creek ranks 47,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Knob Creek
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.
Knob Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Knob Creek ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Knob Creek ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,672 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Knob Creek
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Knob Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,672, 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 Knob Creek's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Knob Creek
Knob Creek runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Knob Creek.
Who works in Knob Creek, and how
Work in Knob Creek centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Knob Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Knob Creek.
What the weather is like in Knob Creek, month by month
Knob Creek sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Knob Creek
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Knob Creek
Schools across Knob Creek average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Melbourne Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Calico Rock Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Melbourne High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Calico Rock High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Knob Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Knob Creek 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 Knob Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Knob Creek
Is Knob Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Knob Creek ranks 47,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Knob Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,530. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $45,672 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Knob Creek safe?
Knob Creek is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $590 per resident a year.
Compare Knob Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Knob Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Knob Creek 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.
Knob Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Knob Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Knob Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Knob Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Knob Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Knob Creek 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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