Best PlacesRound Hill, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Round Hill, 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.
Round Hill ranks 46,667th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Round Hill
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.
Round Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Round Hill ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Round Hill ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Round Hill
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Round Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,874, 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 Round Hill's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Round Hill
Round Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Round Hill.
Who works in Round Hill, and how
Work in Round Hill centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Round Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Round Hill.
What the weather is like in Round Hill, month by month
Round Hill sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Round Hill
The nearest airport, Memorial Field, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Round Hill
Schools across Round Hill average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ouachita Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Harmony Grove Elem. SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Malvern Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Malvern Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Harmony Grove High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Ouachita High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Malvern High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Round Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Round Hill 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 Round Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Round Hill
Is Round Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Round Hill ranks 46,667th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on a weak job market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Round Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $95,708. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $57,874 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Round Hill safe?
Round Hill is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $675 per resident a year.
Compare Round Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Round Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Round Hill 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.
Round Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Round Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Round Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Round Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Round Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Round Hill 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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