Best PlacesThida, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thida, 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.
Thida ranks 45,092nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thida
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.
Thida's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thida ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
Where Thida ranks low
- Household income$40,208 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thida
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thida home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,208, 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 Thida's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thida
Thida 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 Thida.
Who works in Thida, and how
Work in Thida centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Thida
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thida.
What the weather is like in Thida, month by month
Thida sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Thida
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 71 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thida
Schools across Thida average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newark Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Bradford Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Bradford High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thida school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thida 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 Thida against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thida
Is Thida a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thida ranks 45,092nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thida expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,696. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $40,208 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Thida safe?
Thida is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $438 per resident a year.
Compare Thida with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thida. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thida 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.
Thida detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thida: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thida: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thida: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thida: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thida 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.