Best PlacesSchug, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Schug, 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.
Schug ranks 29,479th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Schug
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.
Schug's strengths and weaknesses
Where Schug ranks high
- Cheap childcare$530 a month, better than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Schug ranks low
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Schug
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Schug home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,738, 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 Schug's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Schug
Schug runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Schug.
Who works in Schug, and how
Work in Schug 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 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Schug
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Schug.
What the weather is like in Schug, month by month
Schug sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Schug
Memphis International sits about 70 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Schug
Schools across Schug average a B−, better than 50% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Brookland Junior High SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Brookland High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Schug school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Schug 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 Schug against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Schug
Is Schug a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Schug ranks 29,479th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Schug expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,600. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $84,738 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Schug safe?
Yes, Schug is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Schug with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Schug. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Schug 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.
Schug detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Schug: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Schug: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Schug: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Schug: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Schug 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.