Best PlacesPlunketts, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plunketts, 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.
Plunketts ranks 43,636th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Plunketts
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.
Plunketts' strengths and weaknesses
Where Plunketts ranks high
- Cheap childcare$459 a month, better than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Plunketts ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plunketts
A household needs to earn about $13,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plunketts home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,341, 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 Plunketts' effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Plunketts
Plunketts runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plunketts.
Who works in Plunketts, and how
Work in Plunketts centers on health care & social 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 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Plunketts
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plunketts.
What the weather is like in Plunketts, month by month
Plunketts sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Plunketts
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plunketts
Schools across Plunketts average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Des Arc Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Augusta Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- C.b. Partee Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Des Arc High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Augusta High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Brinkley High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plunketts school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plunketts 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 Plunketts against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plunketts
Is Plunketts a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plunketts ranks 43,636th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plunketts expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $50,800. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $60,341 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Plunketts safe?
Plunketts is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $450 per resident a year.
Compare Plunketts with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plunketts. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plunketts 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.
Plunketts detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plunketts: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plunketts: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plunketts: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plunketts: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plunketts 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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