Best PlacesStandard Umpstead, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Standard Umpstead, 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.
Standard Umpstead ranks 22,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Standard Umpstead
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.
Standard Umpstead's strengths and weaknesses
Where Standard Umpstead ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Standard Umpstead ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Standard Umpstead
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Standard Umpstead home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,693, 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 Standard Umpstead's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Standard Umpstead
Standard Umpstead runs older than the country, 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 Standard Umpstead.
Who works in Standard Umpstead, and how
Work in Standard Umpstead centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Standard Umpstead
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Standard Umpstead.
What the weather is like in Standard Umpstead, month by month
Standard Umpstead 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 Standard Umpstead
The nearest airport, South Arkansas Regional at Goodwin Field, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Standard Umpstead
Schools across Standard Umpstead average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Smackover Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Yocum Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Norphlet Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Camden Fairview Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- El Dorado High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Smackover High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Camden Fairview High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Standard Umpstead school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Standard Umpstead 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 Standard Umpstead against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Standard Umpstead
Is Standard Umpstead a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Standard Umpstead ranks 22,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and short commutes, 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 Standard Umpstead expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,550. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $82,693 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Standard Umpstead safe?
Yes, Standard Umpstead is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Standard Umpstead with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Standard Umpstead. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Standard Umpstead 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.
Standard Umpstead detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Standard Umpstead: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Standard Umpstead: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Standard Umpstead: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Standard Umpstead: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Standard Umpstead 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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