Best PlacesWoolsey, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woolsey, 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.
Woolsey ranks 31,362nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Woolsey
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.
Woolsey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woolsey ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Woolsey ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woolsey
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woolsey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,446, 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 Woolsey's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woolsey
Woolsey runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woolsey.
Who works in Woolsey, and how
Work in Woolsey centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Woolsey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woolsey.
What the weather is like in Woolsey, month by month
Woolsey sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Woolsey
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 238 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woolsey
Schools across Woolsey average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenland Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- West Fork Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenland Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- West Fork Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- West Fork High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Greenland High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woolsey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woolsey 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 Woolsey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woolsey
Is Woolsey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woolsey ranks 31,362nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on biking and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woolsey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,505. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $66,446 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Woolsey safe?
Yes, Woolsey is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Woolsey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woolsey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woolsey 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.
Woolsey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woolsey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woolsey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woolsey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woolsey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woolsey 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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