Best PlacesOakhaven, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakhaven, 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.
Oakhaven ranks 47,154th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oakhaven
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.
Oakhaven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakhaven ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute22.6 minutes each way, better than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Oakhaven ranks low
- Household income$42,336 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oakhaven
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakhaven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,336, 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 Oakhaven's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Oakhaven
Oakhaven runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakhaven.
Who works in Oakhaven, and how
Work in Oakhaven centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Oakhaven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oakhaven.
What the weather is like in Oakhaven, month by month
Oakhaven 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 Oakhaven
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oakhaven
Schools across Oakhaven average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Nashville Primary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Blevins Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nashville Junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Yerger Junior High SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Hill High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Blevins High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Nashville High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakhaven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakhaven 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 Oakhaven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oakhaven
Is Oakhaven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakhaven ranks 47,154th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on low incomes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakhaven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,291. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $42,336 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Oakhaven safe?
Oakhaven is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $666 per resident a year.
Compare Oakhaven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakhaven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakhaven 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.
Oakhaven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakhaven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakhaven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakhaven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakhaven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakhaven 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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