Best PlacesRed Leaf, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Leaf, 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.
Red Leaf ranks 36,632nd 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 Red Leaf
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.
Red Leaf's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Leaf ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
Where Red Leaf ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Leaf
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Leaf home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,713, 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 Red Leaf's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Red Leaf
Red Leaf runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Leaf.
Who works in Red Leaf, and how
Work in Red Leaf centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Red Leaf
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Leaf.
What the weather is like in Red Leaf, month by month
Red Leaf sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Red Leaf
The nearest airport, Greenville Mid-Delta, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Leaf
Schools across Red Leaf average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeside Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeside High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Leaf school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Leaf 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 Red Leaf against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Leaf
Is Red Leaf a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Leaf ranks 36,632nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on the schools and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Leaf expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,200. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $82,713 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Red Leaf safe?
Red Leaf is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $645 per resident a year.
Compare Red Leaf with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Leaf. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Leaf 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.
Red Leaf detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Leaf: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Leaf: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Leaf: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Leaf: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Leaf 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.