Best PlacesLexa, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lexa, 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.
Lexa ranks 44,822nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lexa
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.
Lexa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lexa ranks high
- Short commute15.0 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Lexa ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lexa
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lexa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,379, 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 Lexa's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lexa
Lexa's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lexa.
Who works in Lexa, and how
Work in Lexa centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Lexa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lexa.
What the weather is like in Lexa, month by month
Lexa sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Lexa
Memphis International sits about 54 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lexa
Schools across Lexa average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barton Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- J.f. Wahl Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Anna Strong Learning AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Barton High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Central High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lexa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lexa 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 Lexa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lexa
Is Lexa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lexa ranks 44,822nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lexa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,201. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $55,379 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Lexa safe?
Lexa is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $976 per resident a year.
Compare Lexa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lexa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lexa 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.
Lexa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lexa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lexa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lexa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lexa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lexa 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.