Best PlacesMiller County, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Miller County, 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.
Miller County ranks 2,804th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Miller County
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.
Miller County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Miller County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of counties
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 78% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 69% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 69% of counties
Where Miller County ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of counties
- Household income$53,728 median, better than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Miller County
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miller County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,728, 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 Miller County's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Miller County
Miller County'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 Miller County.
Who works in Miller County, and how
Work in Miller County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Miller County
Miller County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of counties and more parkland per resident than 72% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Miller County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Miller County growing, and who is moving in?
Miller County has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Texarkana, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Miller County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Miller County, month by month
Miller County sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Miller County
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Miller County
Schools across Miller County average a C, better than 36% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Genoa Central Elem. SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Mcleod ElB · 45% proficient
- Fouke Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gary E. Cobb Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Mcleod MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Texas MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Mcleod H SA · 70% proficient
- Atlanta H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Genoa Central High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Miller County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Miller County 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 Miller County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Miller County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Miller County
Is Miller County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miller County ranks 2,804th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Miller County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,977. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $53,728 median income, cost of living beats 17% of counties.
Is Miller County safe?
Miller County is safer than 20% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $727 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Miller County?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 37. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 45% of counties.
Is Miller County good for families?
Schools beat 36% of counties, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $671 a month.
Compare Miller County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miller County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miller County 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.
Miller County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miller County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miller County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miller County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miller County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miller County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.