Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Piggott gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $139K, 2.7 years of the county’s $51K median household income. It grades C overall, 60th among Arkansas's 123 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $44K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. 37% of working residents work locally in Piggott, above both Arkansas’ towns (21%) and U.S. towns (8%). On walkability, just 17 of Arkansas’ 200 towns do better. Piggott has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pfeiffer House and Carriage House and Piggott Post Office.
Where Piggott beats most towns.
Pfeiffer House and Carriage HouseEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Piggott is from typical.
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Census counts: 597 in 1900, 3,622 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1937 and 3 maps from 1940 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Piggott, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Piggott.
Piggott fares better on crime within Arkansas than nationally, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Arkansas.
Against the 3,809 U.S. towns with household incomes like Piggott’s, it is less healthy than 52%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income. Within Arkansas it is less healthy than 58% of the 123 graded towns: much of Arkansas scores lower on these measures.
Piggott beats the Arkansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 43% of adults have high blood pressure in Piggott.
| Piggott | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 41% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 34% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Piggott | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.8% | 14.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.7% | 10.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Piggott School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Piggott High School, with 330 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piggott Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 484 | B− |
| Piggott High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 330 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AR on state tests and graduation
The median rent in Piggott is $738 a month. Typical home values rose 5.1% in the year to September 2026. 60% of Piggott households own their home.
| Piggott | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $738 a month | $880 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 60% | 60% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Since 1986, 26 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Piggott.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 90.2°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 77% of Arkansas places with climate records; January nights average 28.3°.
Piggott has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Piggott’s July high is 90°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Piggott | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 92°F | 85°F |
| January low | 28°F | 30°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 3 of Piggott’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Paragould (11%), Jonesboro (6%) and Kennett (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
| Piggott | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $44,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 17.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 83% of Arkansas’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Piggott | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Independence Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Piggot Pool Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Piggott; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Piggott residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Arkansas.
6 places in Piggott on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Arkansas, United States
Piggott is a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. It is one of the two county seats of Clay County, along with Corning. It is the northern terminus of the Arkansas segment of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, a National Scenic Byway. As of the 2020 census, Piggott had a population of 3,622. The town was named after James A. Piggott, one of the early settlers and initiator of the local post office.
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Piggott grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #60 of 123 in Arkansas. It grades D for health, B− for safety and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
