Best PlacesYardelle, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yardelle, 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.
Yardelle ranks 37,292nd 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 Yardelle
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.
Yardelle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yardelle ranks high
- Cheap childcare$459 a month, better than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Yardelle ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yardelle
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yardelle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,727, 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 Yardelle's effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yardelle
Yardelle runs younger 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 Yardelle.
Who works in Yardelle, and how
Work in Yardelle centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Yardelle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yardelle.
What the weather is like in Yardelle, month by month
Yardelle sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Yardelle
The nearest airport, Boone County, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yardelle
Schools across Yardelle average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Springs Elem. SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Kingston Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Springs Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Springs High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Kingston High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yardelle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yardelle 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 Yardelle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yardelle
Is Yardelle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yardelle ranks 37,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yardelle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,300. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $67,727 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Yardelle safe?
Yes, Yardelle is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Yardelle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yardelle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yardelle 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.
Yardelle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yardelle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yardelle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yardelle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yardelle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yardelle 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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