Best PlacesSaline, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saline, 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.
Saline ranks 45,183rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saline
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.
Saline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saline ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$613 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Saline ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saline
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,089, 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 Saline's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Saline
Saline runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Saline.
Who works in Saline, and how
Work in Saline centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Saline
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Saline.
What the weather is like in Saline, month by month
Saline 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 Saline
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saline
Schools across Saline average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rison Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Rison High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saline 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 Saline against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saline
Is Saline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saline ranks 45,183rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,449. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $53,089 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Saline safe?
Saline is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $715 per resident a year.
Compare Saline with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saline 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.
Saline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saline 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.