Best PlacesLetona, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Letona, 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.
Letona ranks 34,750th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Letona
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.
Letona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Letona ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Letona ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Household income$50,009 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Letona
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Letona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,009, 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 Letona's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Letona
Letona runs younger 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 Letona.
Who works in Letona, and how
Work in Letona centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Letona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Letona.
What the weather is like in Letona, month by month
Letona sees roughly 62 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° | 40° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Letona
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Letona
Schools across Letona average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mcrae Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwest Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Searcy High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Letona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Letona 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 Letona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Letona
Is Letona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Letona ranks 34,750th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on civic engagement and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Letona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,116. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,009 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Letona safe?
Yes, Letona is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Letona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Letona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Letona 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.
Letona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Letona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Letona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Letona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Letona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Letona 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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