Best PlacesStringtown, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stringtown, 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.
Stringtown ranks 45,512th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stringtown
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.
Stringtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stringtown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 69% of towns
Where Stringtown ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stringtown
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stringtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,631, 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 Stringtown's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stringtown
Stringtown runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stringtown.
Who works in Stringtown, and how
Work in Stringtown centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stringtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stringtown.
What the weather is like in Stringtown, month by month
Stringtown sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Stringtown
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stringtown
Schools across Stringtown average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Horatio Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dequeen Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Horatio High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Dequeen High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stringtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stringtown 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 Stringtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stringtown
Is Stringtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stringtown ranks 45,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stringtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,665. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $53,631 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Stringtown safe?
Stringtown is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,178 per resident a year.
Compare Stringtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stringtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stringtown 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.
Stringtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stringtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stringtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stringtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stringtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stringtown 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.