Best PlacesPocahontas, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pocahontas, 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.
Pocahontas ranks 43,023rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pocahontas
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.
Pocahontas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pocahontas ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Pocahontas ranks low
- Household income$47,815 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pocahontas
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pocahontas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,815, 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 Pocahontas' effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Pocahontas
Pocahontas runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pocahontas.
Who works in Pocahontas, and how
Work in Pocahontas centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pocahontas
Pocahontas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pocahontas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pocahontas, month by month
Pocahontas sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pocahontas
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 102 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pocahontas
Schools across Pocahontas average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mammoth Spring Elem. SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Sloan-hendrix Elem. SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Maynard Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pocahontas Junior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- M.d. Williams Intermediate SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Sloan-hendrix High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Mammoth Spring High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pocahontas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pocahontas
Is Pocahontas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pocahontas ranks 43,023rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on low incomes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pocahontas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,691. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $47,815 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Pocahontas safe?
Pocahontas is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $714 per resident a year.
Compare Pocahontas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pocahontas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pocahontas 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.
Pocahontas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pocahontas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pocahontas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pocahontas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pocahontas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pocahontas 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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