Best PlacesPayneway, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Payneway, 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.
Payneway ranks 47,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Payneway
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.
Payneway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Payneway ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of towns
Where Payneway ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Payneway
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Payneway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,705, 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 Payneway's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Payneway
Payneway runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Payneway.
Who works in Payneway, and how
Work in Payneway centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Payneway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Payneway.
What the weather is like in Payneway, month by month
Payneway sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Payneway
Memphis International sits about 46 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Payneway
Schools across Payneway average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marked Tree Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Cedar Park Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trumann Intermediate School7-8D+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Trumann High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Marked Tree High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Payneway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Payneway 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 Payneway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Payneway
Is Payneway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Payneway ranks 47,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on a weak job market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Payneway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,300. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $51,705 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Payneway safe?
Payneway is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $621 per resident a year.
Compare Payneway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Payneway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Payneway 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.
Payneway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Payneway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Payneway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Payneway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Payneway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Payneway 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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