Best PlacesLogan County, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Logan County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Logan County ranks 2,123rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Logan County
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.
Logan County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Logan County ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 93% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of counties
Where Logan County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 23% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Logan County
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Logan County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,246, 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 Logan County's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Logan County
Logan County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Logan County.
Who works in Logan County, and how
Work in Logan County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Logan County
Logan County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Logan County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Logan County growing, and who is moving in?
Logan County has lost about 2% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Fort Smith, AR.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Logan County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Logan County, month by month
Logan County sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Logan County
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 215 miles away.
The best schools in and around Logan County
Schools across Logan County average a C, better than 40% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Charleston Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- County Line Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Paris Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dardanelle Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Paris Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Lamar Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Charleston High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- County Line High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dardanelle High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Logan County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Logan County 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 Logan County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Logan County suits
Families
Schools land around the 40th percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Common questions about living in Logan County
Is Logan County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Logan County ranks 2,123rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on civic engagement and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Logan County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,266. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $61,246 median income, cost of living beats 49% of counties.
Is Logan County safe?
Yes, Logan County is safer than 56% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $498 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Logan County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 29. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of counties.
Is Logan County good for families?
Schools beat 40% of counties, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $481 a month.
Compare Logan County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Logan County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Logan County 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.
Logan County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Logan County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Logan County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Logan County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Logan County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Logan County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.