Best PlacesOlyphant, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Olyphant, 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.
Olyphant ranks 48,252nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Olyphant
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.
Olyphant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Olyphant ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Olyphant ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,913 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Olyphant
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Olyphant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,913, 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 Olyphant's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Olyphant
Olyphant 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 Olyphant.
Who works in Olyphant, and how
Work in Olyphant centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Olyphant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Olyphant.
What the weather is like in Olyphant, month by month
Olyphant sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Olyphant
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 73 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Olyphant
Schools across Olyphant average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newark Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Newport Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Bradford Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Newport High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Bradford High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Olyphant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Olyphant 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 Olyphant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Olyphant
Is Olyphant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Olyphant ranks 48,252nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and a stable housing market, 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 Olyphant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,115. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $36,913 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Olyphant safe?
Olyphant is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Olyphant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Olyphant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Olyphant 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.
Olyphant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Olyphant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Olyphant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Olyphant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Olyphant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Olyphant 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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