Best PlacesTimbo, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timbo, 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.
Timbo ranks 44,155th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Timbo
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.
Timbo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timbo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Timbo ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$43,915 median, better than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timbo
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timbo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,915, 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 Timbo's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Timbo
Timbo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Timbo.
Who works in Timbo, and how
Work in Timbo centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Timbo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Timbo.
What the weather is like in Timbo, month by month
Timbo sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Timbo
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around Timbo
Schools across Timbo average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rural Special Elem. SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Marshall Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mountain View Elem. SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leslie Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Mountain View Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Rural Special High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Marshall High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mountain View High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timbo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timbo 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 Timbo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timbo
Is Timbo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timbo ranks 44,155th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Timbo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,904. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $43,915 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Timbo safe?
Timbo is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
Compare Timbo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timbo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timbo 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.
Timbo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timbo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timbo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timbo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timbo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timbo 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.