Best PlacesPeel, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peel, 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.
Peel ranks 49,323rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Peel
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.
Peel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peel ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Peel ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$43,579 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peel
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,579, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Peel's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Peel
Peel 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 Peel.
Who works in Peel, and how
Work in Peel centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Peel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peel.
What the weather is like in Peel, month by month
Peel sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Peel
The nearest airport, Branson, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peel
Schools across Peel average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mark Twain Elem.A · 65% proficient
- Yellville-summit Elem. SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Lead Hill Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Flippin Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Yellville-summit High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Lutie HighC · 30% proficient
- Flippin High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peel 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 Peel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peel
Is Peel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peel ranks 49,323rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,700. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $43,579 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Peel safe?
Peel is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $627 per resident a year.
Compare Peel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peel 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.
Peel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peel 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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