Best PlacesMenifee, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Menifee, 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.
Menifee ranks 35,981st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Menifee
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.
Menifee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Menifee ranks high
- Cheap childcare$504 a month, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Menifee ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Menifee
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Menifee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,404, 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 Menifee's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Menifee
Menifee'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 Menifee.
Who works in Menifee, and how
Work in Menifee centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Menifee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Menifee.
What the weather is like in Menifee, month by month
Menifee sees roughly 80 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 Menifee
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Menifee
Schools across Menifee average a C, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenbrier Wooster ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Woodrow Cummins Elementary SchA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenbrier Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Ruth Doyle Intermediate SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Morrilton Intermediate SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenbrier High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Conway High WestB− · 43% proficient
- Morrilton Sr. High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Menifee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Menifee 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 Menifee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Menifee
Is Menifee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Menifee ranks 35,981st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Menifee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,775. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $64,404 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Menifee safe?
Menifee is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $475 per resident a year.
Compare Menifee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Menifee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Menifee 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.
Menifee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Menifee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Menifee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Menifee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Menifee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Menifee 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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