Best PlacesNumber Nine, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Number Nine, 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.
Number Nine ranks 11,954th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Number Nine
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.
Number Nine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Number Nine ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$114,338 median, better than 91% of towns
Where Number Nine ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Number Nine
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Number Nine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,338, 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 Number Nine's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Number Nine
Number Nine runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Number Nine.
Who works in Number Nine, and how
Work in Number Nine centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Number Nine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Number Nine.
What the weather is like in Number Nine, month by month
Number Nine sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Number Nine
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Number Nine
Schools across Number Nine average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Armorel Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blytheville Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Armorel High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Halls High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Number Nine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Number Nine 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 Number Nine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Number Nine
Is Number Nine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Number Nine ranks 11,954th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Number Nine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,900. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $114,338 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Number Nine safe?
Number Nine is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $659 per resident a year.
Compare Number Nine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Number Nine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Number Nine 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.
Number Nine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Number Nine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Number Nine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Number Nine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Number Nine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Number Nine 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.