Best PlacesLadd, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ladd, 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.
Ladd ranks 50,046th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Ladd
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.
Ladd's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ladd ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute22.2 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Ladd ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Household income$43,750 median, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ladd
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ladd home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,750, 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 Ladd's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Ladd
Ladd runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ladd.
Who works in Ladd, and how
Work in Ladd centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ladd
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ladd.
What the weather is like in Ladd, month by month
Ladd 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 Ladd
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ladd
Schools across Ladd average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Thirty-fourth Ave. Elem. Sch.F · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jack Robey Jr. High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodlawn High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Watson Chapel High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Pine Bluff High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ladd school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ladd 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 Ladd against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ladd
Is Ladd a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ladd ranks 50,046th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ladd expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $63,200. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $43,750 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Ladd safe?
Ladd is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,438 per resident a year.
Compare Ladd with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ladd. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ladd 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.
Ladd detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ladd: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ladd: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ladd: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ladd: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ladd 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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