Best PlacesPoinsett County, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Poinsett County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Poinsett County ranks 2,938th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Poinsett County
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.
The best areas in Poinsett County
The parts of Poinsett County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Harrisburg
Trumann
More households have young kids and fewer homes sit empty.
Marked Tree
Commutes are longer and it is noisier.
Scores across Poinsett County run from about the 3rd to the 37th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Poinsett County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poinsett County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 69% of counties
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 63% of counties
Where Poinsett County ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of counties
- Household income$50,433 median, better than only 9% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Poinsett County
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poinsett County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,433, 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 Poinsett County's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Poinsett County
Poinsett County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Poinsett County.
Who works in Poinsett County, and how
Work in Poinsett County 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 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Poinsett County
Poinsett County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Poinsett County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Poinsett County growing, and who is moving in?
Poinsett County has lost about 8% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Jonesboro, AR metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Poinsett County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Poinsett County, month by month
Poinsett County sees roughly 69 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 Poinsett County
Memphis International sits about 51 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 Poinsett County
Schools across Poinsett County average a C−, better than 27% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Weiner ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Tuckerman Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Tyronza ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swifton Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Trumann Intermediate School7-8D+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Tuckerman High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Harrisburg Jtc SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- East Poinsett Co. High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poinsett County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poinsett County 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 Poinsett County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Poinsett County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Poinsett County
Is Poinsett County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poinsett County ranks 2,938th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poinsett County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,077. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $50,433 median income, cost of living beats 15% of counties.
Is Poinsett County safe?
Poinsett County is safer than 28% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $611 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Poinsett County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 32. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Poinsett County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Harrisburg, Trumann, and Marked Tree. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Poinsett County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poinsett County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poinsett County 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.
Poinsett County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poinsett County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poinsett County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poinsett County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poinsett County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poinsett County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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