Best PlacesOgden, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ogden, 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.
Ogden ranks 45,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Ogden
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.
Ogden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ogden ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 70% of towns
Where Ogden ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.9 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ogden
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ogden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,917, 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 Ogden's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Ogden
Ogden 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 Ogden.
Who works in Ogden, and how
Work in Ogden centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ogden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ogden.
What the weather is like in Ogden, month by month
Ogden 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 Ogden
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ogden
Schools across Ogden average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Genoa Central Elem. SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Pleasant Grove IntA · 66% proficient
- Ashdown Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gary E. Cobb Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Ashdown Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Genoa Central High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Ashdown High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Arkansas High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ogden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ogden 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 Ogden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ogden
Is Ogden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ogden ranks 45,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ogden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,743. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $58,917 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Ogden safe?
Ogden is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $751 per resident a year.
Compare Ogden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ogden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ogden 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.
Ogden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ogden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ogden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ogden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ogden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ogden 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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