Best PlacesPostelle, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Postelle, 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.
Postelle ranks 50,132nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Postelle
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.
Postelle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Postelle ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- QuietBetter than 63% of towns
Where Postelle ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Postelle
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Postelle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $23,900, 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 Postelle's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Postelle
Postelle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Postelle.
Who works in Postelle, and how
Work in Postelle centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Postelle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Postelle.
What the weather is like in Postelle, month by month
Postelle 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 Postelle
Memphis International sits about 68 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 Postelle
Schools across Postelle average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anna Strong Learning AcademyF · 6% proficient
- Clarendon Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
- Marvell Primary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarendon High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
- Marvell High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Postelle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Postelle 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 Postelle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Postelle
Is Postelle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Postelle ranks 50,132nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Postelle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $68,165. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $23,900 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Postelle safe?
Postelle is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,349 per resident a year.
Compare Postelle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Postelle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Postelle 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.
Postelle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Postelle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Postelle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Postelle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Postelle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Postelle 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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