Best PlacesWoodland Hills, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodland Hills, 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.
Woodland Hills ranks 47,341st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodland Hills
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.
Woodland Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodland Hills ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of towns
Where Woodland Hills ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Household income$43,945 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodland Hills
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodland Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,945, 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 Woodland Hills' effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills.
Who works in Woodland Hills, and how
Work in Woodland Hills centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodland Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodland Hills.
What the weather is like in Woodland Hills, month by month
Woodland Hills sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Woodland Hills
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 95 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodland Hills
Schools across Woodland Hills average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Mammoth Spring Elem. SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Mammoth Spring High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodland Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodland Hills
Is Woodland Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodland Hills ranks 47,341st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodland Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,634. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $43,945 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Woodland Hills safe?
Woodland Hills is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $566 per resident a year.
Compare Woodland Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodland Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodland Hills 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.
Woodland Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodland Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodland Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodland Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodland Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodland Hills 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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