Best PlacesSharum, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharum, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sharum ranks 38,616th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sharum
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.
Sharum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharum ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Sharum ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharum
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,891, 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 Sharum's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sharum
Sharum runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sharum.
Who works in Sharum, and how
Work in Sharum centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sharum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharum.
What the weather is like in Sharum, month by month
Sharum sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Sharum
Memphis International sits about 92 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 Sharum
Schools across Sharum average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greene Cty Tech Elem. SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharum 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 Sharum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharum
Is Sharum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharum ranks 38,616th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sharum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,600. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,891 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Sharum safe?
Yes, Sharum is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Sharum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharum 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.
Sharum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharum 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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