Best PlacesWalcott, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walcott, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Walcott ranks 27,190th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Walcott
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.
Walcott's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walcott ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Walcott ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 27% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walcott
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walcott home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,306, 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 Walcott's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Walcott
Walcott 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 Walcott.
Who works in Walcott, and how
Work in Walcott centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Walcott
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walcott.
What the weather is like in Walcott, month by month
Walcott sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Walcott
Memphis International sits about 79 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 Walcott
Schools across Walcott average a B−, better than 51% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Paragould High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Greene Co. Tech High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walcott school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walcott 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 Walcott against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walcott
Is Walcott a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walcott ranks 27,190th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walcott expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,578. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $69,306 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Walcott safe?
Walcott is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Walcott with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walcott. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walcott 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.
Walcott detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walcott: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walcott: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walcott: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walcott: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walcott 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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