Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery · Photo: Srawilson · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Cabot run?
Cabot’s city government spent $22.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $846 per resident. Water and other utilities ($2.8 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Cabot is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $846 per resident a year, or $2.32 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 31%.
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No comparison for Cabot yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Cabot’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 11% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Cabot reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $770 · 2024: $846.
full-time in March 2025, up from 185 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,266 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.61% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Cabot’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Cabot’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Cabot →
Who’s in charge in Cabot
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Cabot’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cabotar.gov ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 135 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (26,844).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Cabot Public Schools
Cabot’s K–12 school district, shared with Austin, Ward. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,648 per pupil, $6,789 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Cabot’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cabot alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Lonoke County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.8%23,225 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat22.2%6,790 votesOthers: 2.0% (605 votes).
Most votes in Lonoke County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Cabot lies in Lonoke County. Every 2024 race in Lonoke County is on the county’s page.
Lonoke County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Cabot.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cabotar.gov ↗
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Cabot compares with the towns next door
Cabot’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. Neighbors that reported 2022 spent $374 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $374 | $1,380 |
| Cabot | estimate | $1,266 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Cabot’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Cabot’s government
How much does Cabot spend per resident?
About $846 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Cabot?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,266 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.61% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cabotar.gov.
Who runs Cabot’s government?
See cabotar.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Cabot yet.
How did Cabot vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cabot alone. Lonoke County, where 100% of Cabot lies, voted Trump 75.8%, Harris 22.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Cabot?
199 full-time and 161 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $1.2M (about $14.4M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Cabot in the state legislature?
State Senate District 11 (Ricky Hill) and State House District 68 (Brian Evans). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Cabot’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →