Curated Neighborhoods

Central Arkansas, quietly known.

The pockets, the streets, and the character that make each area worth calling home.

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Featured · Premier

Chenal Valley

West Little Rock · Master-planned & Golf

ZIP 72223

Central Arkansas's premier address, golf-course frontage, gated pockets, and everything from estate-acreage lots to low-maintenance villas inside a single POA footprint. The Country Club of Little Rock (36 holes) is the literal and social center of the community.

Boundaries

~5,000-acre master-planned community in far West LR, bounded by Hwy 10 (Cantrell) to the north, Kanis Road to the south, and Pinnacle Valley Road to the west. 30+ subdivisions under the Chenal Valley POA umbrella.

36-hole Country Club of Little Rock at the center
The Promenade at Chenal, walkable retail & dining hub
Manicured POA-maintained streets and landscaping

Price range · draft

• Entry / attached & smaller lots, $350K, $550K (3BR)
• Mid, $600K, $1M (4-5BR)
• Luxury / estate, $1M, $3M+ (Chenal Circle, Bretagne Court, golf-course lots)
• Large-acreage / gated, Chenal Downs (5-acre tracts) tops the range on lot size alone

Schools

Public (PCSSD): Chenal Elementary → Joe T. Robinson Middle → Joe T. Robinson High. Private nearby: Little Rock Christian Academy, Pulaski Academy, Chenal Valley Montessori.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Busy households wanting a range of school options, dining, and daily life inside one ZIP. Downsizers moving into patio-home product. Golf enthusiasts drawn to the club lifestyle. Relocating buyers wanting newer construction with strong public + private school access nearby.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

Estate feel: Chenal Circle, Bretagne Court, Chenal Downs (gated 5-acre tracts), Falstone. Zero-lot-line / patio: Avignon Court, Rosemary Villas. Named pockets: Deauville, Bayonne Place.

Landmarks & anchors

Chenal Country Club (36 holes), The Promenade at Chenal, Chenal 9 IMAX

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Pleasant Valley

Centrally located · 8 miles west of downtown

ZIP 72212

An established 1960s, 70s neighborhood built once and cared for ever since. Pleasant Valley Country Club and its 27-hole championship course sit inside the neighborhood, woven into daily life. 55 acres of green space and trails run through it, and families here often stay for generations.

Boundaries

Roughly 1,000 homes, generally between Rodney Parham / Financial Centre Parkway and Chenal, north of Hwy 10 down toward Kanis.

27-hole championship golf at Pleasant Valley Country Club
Two pools, community center, tennis, and two playgrounds
55 acres of green space and walkable trails

Price range · draft

• Range, $300K, $2M+ (the widest spread of any neighborhood in this set)
• Reflects everything from established mid-century homes to fully renovated estates

Schools

LRSD, zoning is split by exact street: some addresses zone to Fulbright Elementary (in-neighborhood, 300 Pleasant Valley Dr.), others to Don Roberts Elementary → Pinnacle View Middle → Central or Hall High. Verify by address.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Buyers drawn to permanence and pedigree over polish, where reputation and roots matter more than a fresh coat of paint. Often a step people take after Chenal, or families who want the club and tree canopy without needing new construction to feel at home.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

Reads as one cohesive neighborhood, no widely-used named pockets.

Landmarks & anchors

Pleasant Valley Country Club, PV trail network, nearby churches and schools

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The Heights

Historic Little Rock · Bluffs above the river

ZIP 72207

Anchored by the Country Club of Little Rock (the oldest private club west of the Mississippi) and generations of the same families. Kavanaugh Boulevard is the walkable retail and dining spine, boutiques, Heights Taco & Tamale, Boulevard Bread, E.Leigh's, with Happy Hour in the Heights every third Thursday.

Boundaries

On the bluffs above the Arkansas River, generally bounded by Cantrell Road, with Kavanaugh Boulevard as the commercial spine, running toward Hillcrest to the east.

Country Club of Little Rock, oldest private club west of the Mississippi
Kavanaugh Blvd walkable retail & dining corridor
1920s, 30s Tudor, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman alongside new construction

Price range · draft

• Entry (smaller bungalows, more updating), $300K, $450K
• Mid, $450K, $800K
• Luxury (new builds, East Palisades, river-view lots), $1M, $3M+
• Recent 12-mo median has been ~$590K, $675K depending on data source (placeholder, refresh with current Paragon comps) ⚠ INCOMPLETE

Schools

LRSD: Forest Park Elementary (in-neighborhood) → Pulaski Heights Middle → Central High. Private: Mount St. Mary Academy (girls), Catholic High for Boys, Episcopal Collegiate, Immaculate Conception.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Buyers who want a legacy address, walkability, historic character, and in-town convenience that can't be recreated with new construction. Professionals, empty-nesters, and families buying into something established.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

Edgehill and Palisades known for sweeping river-bluff views, among the most sought-after streets in the city.

Landmarks & anchors

Country Club of Little Rock, Kavanaugh Blvd, Allsopp Park, Prospect Terrace Park

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Hillcrest

Streetcar suburb · Walkable & eclectic

ZIP 72205 · 72207

Little Rock's first streetcar suburb, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. "Keep Hillcrest Weird" is a real, visible thing, eclectic and walkable rather than polished, with the year-round Saturday Kavanaugh farmers market and the Hillcrest Pumpkin Roll after Halloween.

Boundaries

Less than 3 miles from downtown, Kavanaugh Blvd as the commercial spine running south toward I-630, west toward The Heights. Shares 72207 with parts of The Heights.

National Register historic district since 1990
Kavanaugh Blvd Saturday farmers market, year-round
Queen Anne to Colonial Revival to Craftsman to modernist mix

Price range · draft

• Range, mid $100Ks (small cottages needing work) up to the $600Ks (larger, renovated, or historic-register homes)
• Priced meaningfully below The Heights, verify with current comps

Schools

LRSD: Pulaski Heights Elementary → Pulaski Heights Middle → Central High (some addresses zone to Forest Park Elementary). Private nearby: Mount St. Mary, Catholic High, Episcopal Collegiate, Immaculate Conception.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Young professionals, medical/UAMS-affiliated buyers, and families wanting walkability, character homes, and a lower price point than The Heights while staying just as central.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

Reads as one cohesive neighborhood, no widely-used named pockets.

Landmarks & anchors

Allsopp Park, Little Rock Zoo / War Memorial Park, Kavanaugh farmers market

Schools in this area Relocation guide

West Little Rock

Umbrella corridor · Newer construction & choice

ZIP 72211 · 72212 · 72223

The metro's fastest-growing corridor, newer construction generally, more available land, and the widest range of price points from starter to custom estate depending on the pocket. Home to gated Hickory neighborhoods, Foxcroft on the river bluff, and dozens of named subdivisions.

Boundaries

Everything west of I-430 out toward the Perry County line, south of Hwy 10, north of Colonel Glenn, the broad growth corridor along Kanis Road, Rahling Road, and Chenal Parkway extended west.

Shackleford Crossing, Pleasant Ridge, Promenade retail corridors
Gated Hickory Hills / Creek / Grove / Pointe off Hinson Road
Foxcroft & Little Rock Racquet Club near I-430 & Cantrell

Schools

Primarily PCSSD-zoned, with LRSD zones reaching in as well. Verify by address, the boundary weaves through this area.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Buyers who want proximity to a range of school options, shopping corridors, and easy access to I-430 / I-630, or newer construction and gated pockets without leaving the metro.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

Featured pockets, Hickory Hills / Creek / Grove / Pointe ($500K, $2M+, gated, guard-staffed), Foxcroft (~$325K median, wooded bluff over the Arkansas River), The Ranch ($250K, $575K on the Little Maumelle), River Ridge (golf-course community off Highway 10 / Cantrell, newer construction). Also: Longlea, Chenal Ridge, Hillsborough, Pebble Beach Woods, Secluded Hills, Marlowe Manor, Pleasant Forest.

Landmarks & anchors

Hickory Hills / Creek / Grove / Pointe (four gated communities), Foxcroft (Little Rock Racquet Club), The Ranch on the Little Maumelle River

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Ferndale

Rural West Pulaski · Land, acreage & country living

ZIP 72223

Country living minutes from Chenal, horse farms, pastoral acreage, and wooded ridge-top lots instead of subdivision streets. Land here still trades hands as raw acreage, not just finished lots, an area where Jen's construction background (Meyer Excavators, Harper Construction) reads on site: well and septic, road frontage, buildability.

Boundaries

Unincorporated Pulaski County, centered near Kanis and Congo roads, running along the Hwy 10 "Country Living" corridor west of Chenal Valley out toward the Perry County line. Spills into parts of Saline County. Shares the 72223 ZIP with Chenal, Ferndale is the unincorporated, acreage-driven area west of Chenal's subdivision product.

Raw acreage, horse farms, and wooded ridge-top lots
Ferncliff Camp and the Hwy 10 country-living corridor
Two distinct buyer paths, a home on land, or land only

Price range · draft

• Vacant land / smaller tracts, $100Ks up to $500K+ for larger wooded tracts with road frontage
• Homes on 1-5 acre tracts, $250K, $600K on the more modest end
• Grand rural estates / larger acreage with custom homes, $1M, $3M+

Schools

PCSSD: Chenal Elementary → Joe T. Robinson Middle → Joe T. Robinson High (Ferndale's rural schools were consolidated into Robinson in the 1920s, a long-standing connection). Private nearby: Pulaski Academy, Little Rock Christian Academy, Baptist Prep, The Anthony School, Chenal Valley Montessori.

Schools shown are general guidance, attendance zones and charter/private enrollment change. Always verify for a specific address.

Buyer profile

Two distinct buyers: homebuyers wanting a house on acreage with room to breathe (and still a short drive to Chenal), and strictly land buyers, raw acreage, investors, and custom-build clients where site development matters as much as the lot.

Sub-neighborhoods & pockets

West Cliffe, a gated development within the Ferndale area.

Landmarks & anchors

Ferncliff Camp, Little Maumelle Creek, Hwy 10 corridor, proximity to Chenal shopping/dining

This area works for two very different buyers. If you're evaluating raw land, buildability, well and septic, road frontage, that conversation starts differently than shopping finished homes. Ask about both.

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North Pulaski County

NLR · Sherwood · Maumelle

ZIP 72118 · 72116 · 72120

Room to breathe without leaving the metro, established communities and new-build opportunities across North Little Rock, Sherwood, and Maumelle.

Master-planned neighborhoods with parks and amenities
Parks, trails, and Arkansas River access
Strong value and new construction

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Saline County (Benton & Bryant)

Benton · Bryant · Growing suburbs

ZIP 72015 · 72019 · 72022

Growing communities, a range of school options, and value that continues to draw buyers from across the region, with easy I-30 access back into Little Rock.

Highly rated Bryant & Benton school districts
New construction alongside established neighborhoods
Short commute to downtown Little Rock

Schools in this area Relocation guide

Price ranges, school zoning notes, and stats reflect Jen's field notes and public sources. Refresh with current Paragon comps and district finders before publishing to a live audience.