Best PlacesMcGintytown, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McGintytown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
McGintytown ranks 38,731st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in McGintytown
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.
McGintytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where McGintytown ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 70% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 66% of towns
Where McGintytown ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McGintytown
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McGintytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,761, 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 McGintytown's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in McGintytown
McGintytown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McGintytown.
Who works in McGintytown, and how
Work in McGintytown centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in McGintytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McGintytown.
What the weather is like in McGintytown, month by month
McGintytown sees roughly 88 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 McGintytown
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around McGintytown
Schools across McGintytown average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenbrier Eastside ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Greenbrier Westside ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Mt. Vernon/enola Elem. SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenbrier Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenbrier High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Mt. Vernon/enola High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Quitman High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McGintytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McGintytown 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 McGintytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McGintytown
Is McGintytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McGintytown ranks 38,731st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McGintytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,667. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $58,761 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is McGintytown safe?
McGintytown is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $449 per resident a year.
Compare McGintytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McGintytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McGintytown 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.
McGintytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McGintytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McGintytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McGintytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McGintytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McGintytown 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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