Best PlacesSherwood, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sherwood, 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.
Sherwood ranks 1,334th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sherwood
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.
Sherwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sherwood ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of cities
- Cheap childcare$671 a month, better than 91% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of cities
Where Sherwood ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 15% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Sherwood
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sherwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,498, 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 Sherwood's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sherwood
Sherwood'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 Sherwood.
Who works in Sherwood, and how
Work in Sherwood centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sherwood
Sherwood has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Sherwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sherwood, month by month
Sherwood sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sherwood
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sherwood
Schools across Sherwood average a C−, better than 15% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Mayflower Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Lisa Academy North Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joe T. Robinson Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lisa Academy North Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Mayflower Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Lisa Academy North High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Joe T. Robinson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Mayflower High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sherwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sherwood 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 Sherwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Sherwood suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sherwood
Is Sherwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sherwood ranks 1,334th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on distance from a big city and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sherwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,491. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $87,498 median income, cost of living beats 63% of cities.
Is Sherwood safe?
Sherwood is safer than 46% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $494 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sherwood?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 31. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 24% of cities.
Is Sherwood good for families?
Schools beat 15% of cities, crime safety beats 46%, and childcare runs $671 a month.
Compare Sherwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sherwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sherwood 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.
Sherwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sherwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sherwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sherwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sherwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sherwood 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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