Best PlacesLonoke, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lonoke, 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.
Lonoke ranks 31,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lonoke
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.
Lonoke's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lonoke ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lonoke ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lonoke
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lonoke home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,086, 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 Lonoke's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Lonoke
Lonoke'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 Lonoke.
Who works in Lonoke, and how
Work in Lonoke centers on retail trade 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 94%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lonoke
Lonoke has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lonoke and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lonoke, month by month
Lonoke sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lonoke
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lonoke
Schools across Lonoke average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stagecoach Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Southside Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Lonoke Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cabot Middle School NorthB · 46% proficient
- Joe T. Robinson Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Cabot Junior High SouthB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Cabot High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Joe T. Robinson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lonoke High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lonoke school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lonoke 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 Lonoke against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lonoke
Is Lonoke a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lonoke ranks 31,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lonoke expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,353. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $69,086 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Lonoke safe?
Lonoke is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $560 per resident a year.
Compare Lonoke with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lonoke. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lonoke 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.
Lonoke detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lonoke: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lonoke: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lonoke: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lonoke: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lonoke 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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