Best PlacesPecan Point, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pecan Point, 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.
Pecan Point ranks 37,077th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pecan Point
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.
Pecan Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pecan Point ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Pecan Point ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pecan Point
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pecan Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,132, 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 Pecan Point's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Pecan Point
Pecan Point runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pecan Point.
Who works in Pecan Point, and how
Work in Pecan Point centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pecan Point
Pecan Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pecan Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pecan Point, month by month
Pecan Point sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Pecan Point
Memphis International sits about 35 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 Pecan Point
Schools across Pecan Point average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- E.e. Jeter Elementary/middleB− · 40% proficient
- Drummonds ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Rivercrest Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Munford Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Munford High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Millington Central Middle High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Academies At Rivercrest High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pecan Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pecan Point 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 Pecan Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pecan Point
Is Pecan Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pecan Point ranks 37,077th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pecan Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,500. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $79,132 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Pecan Point safe?
Pecan Point is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
Compare Pecan Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pecan Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pecan Point 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.
Pecan Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pecan Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pecan Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pecan Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pecan Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pecan Point 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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