Best PlacesTumbling Shoals, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tumbling Shoals, 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.
Tumbling Shoals ranks 34,532nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tumbling Shoals
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.
Tumbling Shoals' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tumbling Shoals ranks high
- 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
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Tumbling Shoals ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tumbling Shoals
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tumbling Shoals home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,961, 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 Tumbling Shoals' effective rate of 0.49%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tumbling Shoals
Tumbling Shoals 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 Tumbling Shoals.
Who works in Tumbling Shoals, and how
Work in Tumbling Shoals centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tumbling Shoals
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tumbling Shoals.
What the weather is like in Tumbling Shoals, month by month
Tumbling Shoals sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Tumbling Shoals
The nearest airport, Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tumbling Shoals
Schools across Tumbling Shoals average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Heber Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- West Side Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Concord Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heber Springs Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Concord High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Heber Springs High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- West Side High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tumbling Shoals school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tumbling Shoals 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 Tumbling Shoals against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tumbling Shoals
Is Tumbling Shoals a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tumbling Shoals ranks 34,532nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tumbling Shoals expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,511. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $62,961 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Tumbling Shoals safe?
Yes, Tumbling Shoals is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Tumbling Shoals with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tumbling Shoals. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tumbling Shoals 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.
Tumbling Shoals detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tumbling Shoals: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tumbling Shoals: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tumbling Shoals: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tumbling Shoals: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tumbling Shoals 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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