Best PlacesMountain Crest, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain Crest, 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.
Mountain Crest ranks 43,536th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mountain Crest
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.
Mountain Crest's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain Crest ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Mountain Crest ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$33,501 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mountain Crest
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountain Crest home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $33,501, 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 Mountain Crest's effective rate of 0.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mountain Crest
Mountain Crest runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountain Crest.
Who works in Mountain Crest, and how
Work in Mountain Crest centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Mountain Crest
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mountain Crest.
What the weather is like in Mountain Crest, month by month
Mountain Crest sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mountain Crest
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mountain Crest
Schools across Mountain Crest average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elkins Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkins Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Paul High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Elkins High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountain Crest school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountain Crest 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 Mountain Crest against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mountain Crest
Is Mountain Crest a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain Crest ranks 43,536th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, 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 Mountain Crest expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,977. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $33,501 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Mountain Crest safe?
Mountain Crest is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $493 per resident a year.
Compare Mountain Crest with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain Crest. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain Crest 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.
Mountain Crest detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain Crest: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain Crest: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain Crest: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain Crest: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain Crest 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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