Best PlacesLonoke, CA 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. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lonoke ranks 7,091st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
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
- Household income$145,423 median, better than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Lonoke ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,106 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.6 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lonoke
A household needs to earn about $343,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lonoke home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $145,423, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lonoke
Lonoke runs older than the country.
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 professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lonoke
The coast is about 30 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lonoke, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lonoke, month by month
Lonoke sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 41° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 80° | 63° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Lonoke
The nearest airport, Monterey Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International, about 31 miles away.
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 7,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, population health, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs 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 $1,311,943. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $145,423 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Lonoke safe?
Yes, Lonoke is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 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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