Best PlacesShannon Hills, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shannon Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shannon Hills ranks 20,262nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shannon Hills
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.
Shannon Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Shannon Hills ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Shannon Hills ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shannon Hills
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shannon Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,157, 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 Shannon Hills' effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Shannon Hills
Shannon Hills's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shannon Hills.
Who works in Shannon Hills, and how
Work in Shannon Hills centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Shannon Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shannon Hills.
What the weather is like in Shannon Hills, month by month
Shannon Hills sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Shannon Hills
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shannon Hills
Schools across Shannon Hills average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robert L. Davis Elem. SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Hill Farm Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Landmark Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bryant Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Fuller Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Bryant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Wilbur D. Mills High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shannon Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shannon Hills 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 Shannon Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shannon Hills
Is Shannon Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shannon Hills ranks 20,262nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shannon Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,819. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,157 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Shannon Hills safe?
Yes, Shannon Hills is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Shannon Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shannon Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shannon Hills 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.
Shannon Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shannon Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shannon Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shannon Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shannon Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shannon Hills 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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