Best PlacesPrague, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prague, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prague ranks 31,473rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Prague
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.
Prague's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prague ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Prague ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prague
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prague home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,582, 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 Prague's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Prague
Prague runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prague.
Who works in Prague, and how
Work in Prague centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prague
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prague.
What the weather is like in Prague, month by month
Prague sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 75° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Prague
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prague
Schools across Prague average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moody Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Gandy Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- L. L. Owen Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sheridan Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- White Hall Junior High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Watson Chapel Jr. High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Sheridan High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- White Hall High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Watson Chapel High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prague school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prague 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 Prague against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prague
Is Prague a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prague ranks 31,473rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prague expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,956. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $69,582 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Prague safe?
Prague is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $560 per resident a year.
Compare Prague with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prague. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prague 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.
Prague detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prague: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prague: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prague: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prague: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prague 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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