Best PlacesTwist, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Twist, 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.
Twist ranks 46,509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Twist
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.
Twist's strengths and weaknesses
Where Twist ranks high
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Twist ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$49,527 median, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Twist
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Twist home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,527, 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 Twist's 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Twist
Twist runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Twist.
Who works in Twist, and how
Work in Twist centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Twist
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Twist.
What the weather is like in Twist, month by month
Twist sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 62° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Twist
Memphis International sits about 46 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Twist
Schools across Twist average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Wynne Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Wynne High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Twist school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Twist 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 Twist against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Twist
Is Twist a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Twist ranks 46,509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Twist expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,600. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $49,527 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Twist safe?
Twist is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $573 per resident a year.
Compare Twist with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Twist. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Twist 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.
Twist detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Twist: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Twist: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Twist: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Twist: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Twist 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.