Best PlacesLuber, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Luber, 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.
Luber ranks 44,133rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Luber
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.
Luber's strengths and weaknesses
Where Luber ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Luber ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Luber
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Luber home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,349, 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 Luber's effective rate of 0.35%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Luber
Luber runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Luber.
Who works in Luber, and how
Work in Luber centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Luber
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Luber.
What the weather is like in Luber, month by month
Luber sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Luber
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 69 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Luber
Schools across Luber average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rural Special Elem. SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Mountain View Elem. SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain View Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Rural Special High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mountain View High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Luber school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Luber 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 Luber against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Luber
Is Luber a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Luber ranks 44,133rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Luber expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,684. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $50,349 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Luber safe?
Luber is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $688 per resident a year.
Compare Luber with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Luber. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Luber 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.
Luber detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Luber: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Luber: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Luber: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Luber: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Luber 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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