Best PlacesRed Star, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Star, 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 Star ranks 41,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Red Star
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 Star's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Star ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Red Star ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute45.4 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Star
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Star home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,955, 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 Star's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Red Star
Red Star runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Star.
Who works in Red Star, and how
Work in Red Star centers on transportation & warehousing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Red Star
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Star.
What the weather is like in Red Star, month by month
Red Star sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Red Star
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Star
Schools across Red Star average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Oark Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingston High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- St. Paul High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Oark High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Star school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Star 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 Star against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Star
Is Red Star a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Star ranks 41,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Star expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,798. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $64,955 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Red Star safe?
Red Star is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
Compare Red Star with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Star. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Star 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 Star detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Star: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Star: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Star: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Star: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Star 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.