Best PlacesMammoth Spring, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mammoth Spring, 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.
Mammoth Spring ranks 47,918th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mammoth Spring
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.
Mammoth Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mammoth Spring ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Mammoth Spring ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$34,413 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mammoth Spring
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mammoth Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $34,413, 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 Mammoth Spring's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Mammoth Spring
Mammoth Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mammoth Spring.
Who works in Mammoth Spring, and how
Work in Mammoth Spring centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mammoth Spring
Mammoth Spring has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mammoth Spring and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mammoth Spring, month by month
Mammoth Spring sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Mammoth Spring
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 91 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mammoth Spring
Schools across Mammoth Spring average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Salem Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Mammoth Spring Elem. SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Salem High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Highland High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Mammoth Spring High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mammoth Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mammoth Spring 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 Mammoth Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mammoth Spring
Is Mammoth Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mammoth Spring ranks 47,918th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mammoth Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,779. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $34,413 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Mammoth Spring safe?
Mammoth Spring is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $559 per resident a year.
Compare Mammoth Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mammoth Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mammoth Spring 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.
Mammoth Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mammoth Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mammoth Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mammoth Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mammoth Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mammoth Spring 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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