Best PlacesProcess City, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Process City, 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.
Process City ranks 45,229th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Process City
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.
Process City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Process City ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Process City ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$48,741 median, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Process City
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Process City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,741, 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 Process City's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Process City
Process City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Process City.
Who works in Process City, and how
Work in Process City centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Process City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Process City.
What the weather is like in Process City, month by month
Process City sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Process City
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 165 miles away.
The best schools in and around Process City
Schools across Process City average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Horatio Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dequeen Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Horatio High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Dequeen High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Process City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Process City 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 Process City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Process City
Is Process City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Process City ranks 45,229th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Process City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,073. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $48,741 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Process City safe?
Process City is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $581 per resident a year.
Compare Process City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Process City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Process City 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.
Process City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Process City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Process City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Process City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Process City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Process City 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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