Best PlacesSandy Land, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandy Land, 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.
Sandy Land ranks 36,434th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sandy Land
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.
Sandy Land's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sandy Land ranks high
- Short commute13.4 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Sandy Land ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sandy Land
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandy Land home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,480, 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 Sandy Land's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Sandy Land
Sandy Land runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sandy Land.
Who works in Sandy Land, and how
Work in Sandy Land centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sandy Land
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sandy Land.
What the weather is like in Sandy Land, month by month
Sandy Land sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Sandy Land
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 197 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sandy Land
Schools across Sandy Land average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yocum Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- El Dorado High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandy Land school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandy Land 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 Sandy Land against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sandy Land
Is Sandy Land a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandy Land ranks 36,434th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sandy Land expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,619. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $64,480 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Sandy Land safe?
Sandy Land is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $748 per resident a year.
Compare Sandy Land with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandy Land. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandy Land 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.
Sandy Land detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandy Land: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandy Land: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandy Land: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandy Land: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandy Land 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.