Best PlacesMarianna, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marianna, 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.
Marianna ranks 50,048th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Marianna
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.
Marianna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marianna ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Marianna ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marianna
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marianna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $23,949; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Marianna's effective rate of 0.25%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marianna
Marianna'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 Marianna.
Who works in Marianna, and how
Work in Marianna centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Marianna
Marianna has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Marianna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marianna, month by month
Marianna sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Marianna
Memphis International sits about 49 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Marianna
Schools across Marianna average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anna Strong Learning AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marianna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marianna 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 Marianna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marianna
Is Marianna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marianna ranks 50,048th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marianna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,172. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $23,949 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Marianna safe?
Marianna is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,229 per resident a year.
Compare Marianna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marianna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marianna 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.
Marianna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marianna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marianna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marianna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marianna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marianna 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.