Best PlacesStuttgart, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stuttgart, 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.
Stuttgart ranks 39,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stuttgart
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.
Stuttgart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stuttgart ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.8 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
Where Stuttgart ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stuttgart
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stuttgart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,567, 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 Stuttgart's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stuttgart
Stuttgart runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stuttgart.
Who works in Stuttgart, and how
Work in Stuttgart centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Stuttgart
Stuttgart has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Stuttgart and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stuttgart, month by month
Stuttgart sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 51, 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 | 51° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Stuttgart
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stuttgart
Schools across Stuttgart average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dewitt Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Carlisle Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Hazen Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dewitt Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Stuttgart Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Meekins Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Dewitt High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Carlisle High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Hazen High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stuttgart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stuttgart
Is Stuttgart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stuttgart ranks 39,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stuttgart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,125. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $53,567 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Stuttgart safe?
Stuttgart is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $729 per resident a year.
Compare Stuttgart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stuttgart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stuttgart 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.
Stuttgart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stuttgart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stuttgart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stuttgart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stuttgart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stuttgart 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.